Harvard Quotes
272 Harvard quotes by 218 unique authors
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As a multisport athlete, I was always fascinated with competition and how to win. At HBS and later at the Harvard Department of Economics, I…
— Michael Porter
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I was always a huge fan of E. E. Cummings. He did a series of lectures at Harvard or Princeton, and they were recorded. And…
— Steve Martin
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All of my education at Harvard, then Oxford, then Paris was in literature - even my thesis was on Shakespeare.
— Jonathan Kozol
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I believe that Harvard can have, and must have, a strong affirmative action program that reflects our commitment to equal opportunity while fully respecting the…
— Derek Bok
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In 1968, the situation at Harvard was not one of which we can be proud. In that year, the proportion of minority persons in salary…
— Derek Bok
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The University has a moral obligation to provide equal opportunities to women, minority persons and all other groups who work or seek to work at…
— Derek Bok
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My undergraduate studies at Brown and graduate degrees from Harvard prepared me for a multifaceted career as an actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
— Hill Harper
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As African economies boom and businesses are created, one of the big questions this growth raises is that of third-level education: how can Africa develop…
— Richard Attias
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When I came to Harvard, I was debating between math and science, and I guess I thought in the end I wanted something that could…
— Lisa Randall
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I arrived from Harvard, where I had studied philosophy and the history of ideas, with a bias toward literature and formal thought.
— Robert Darnton
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I was very fortunate to be elected to the Society of Fellows at Harvard, which is, in effect, a small research center where you are…
— Robert Darnton
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As president of the American Historical Association, I started a programme to make dissertations into e-books in 1999. Before I knew it, I was involved…
— Robert Darnton
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My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries.
— Robert Darnton
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Harvard is the home of American ideas.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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The Saylor Foundation is meant to be a gadfly to encourage Google, Apple, MIT, Harvard, the United States government, and the Chinese government to aggressively…
— Michael J. Saylor
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The time I have already spent at Harvard has been a stimulating experience, and I look forward to developing my relationship and activities with the…
— Alex Ferguson
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The acceptance to Harvard was more of trophy than a real possibility to me. I would have been miserable.
— Reggie Lee
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Harvard Law provided an opportunity to learn from a faculty that had shaped the laws of our country and helped to change the world around…
— Kenneth Chenault
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I began playing Monopoly for real when I was 26 years old. Today, my wife and I have approximately 1,400 little green houses - each…
— Robert Kiyosaki
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I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.
— J. Anthony Lukas
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Serious drama in a significant degree began at Harvard in the 1880s. In 1881, the Cercle Francais initiated the annual French play, and shortly afterwards…
— J. Anthony Lukas
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With the growth of Harvard from a small provincial college into a great University, a unique paranoia has swept the ranks of local officialdom, furrowing…
— J. Anthony Lukas
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When I graduated, I was told I was the first Latino to have three graduate degrees from Harvard. And Harvard does something amazing to you.…
— Raul Ruiz
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I brought one big question with me to Harvard. Why do smart companies fail?
— Clayton Christensen
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Governor Romney has a great business background. He is extremely well educated. He has several degrees from Harvard, including, you know, business and including a…
— Clint Eastwood
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