Yale Quotes

124 Yale quotes by 102 unique authors

Millar Burrows of Yale observes: 'Archeology has in many cases refuted the views of modern critics. It has shown in a number of instances that… — Millar Burrows
My roommate at Yale University introduced me to the auteur theory of filmmaking. I soon became a big fan of the works of John Ford,… — Lloyd Kaufman
I wrote fiction during my entire childhood, from age 4 to 18, and started writing plays when I went to Yale and Oxford. — Taiye Selasi
Most literature on the culture of adolescence focuses on peer pressure as a negative force. Warnings about the "wrong crowd" read like tornado alerts in… — Mary Blakely
A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in… — Frederick W. Smith
Also, while I was at Yale, I had a job teaching kids at the museum. — Robert T. Bakker
I remember a time at Yale when my work was being critiqued by Paul Rand. Mr. Rand told me only to use Helvetica as a… — Kyle Cooper
I graduated in 1930 and I went up to the Yale Drama School for two years. — Albert Maltz
By the time I came down from Yale, I was already more radicalized and had begun to read New Masses. — Albert Maltz
...60 advocates of unorthodox therapies whose credentials are given in the ACS book (above).(:) Of these 60, thirty-nine or almost two-thirds, hold...medical degrees from such… — Ralph W. Moss
And the only studies were - Rodney Dangerfield was my mentor and he was my Yale drama school for comedy. — Robert Klein
Some would argue that the president himself benefited from a form of affirmative action because as a C student, he only got into Yale because… — Jon Stewart
On the analogy of 'Dictionary Johnson,' we call Fred R. Shapiro, editor of the just-published Yale Book of Quotations (well worth the $50 price), 'Quotationeer… — William Safire
I grew up as a fifth-generation Jew in the American South, at the confluence of two great storytelling traditions. After graduating from Yale in the… — Bruce Feiler
At Yale we don’t just want to make new things, we want to make things better. — Peter Salovey
I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that… — Indra Nooyi
I was a garbage man in New Jersey in summers during college at Yale. Everybody else got to go to Switzerland and I got to… — Tom Perrotta
I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there,… — Maya Lin
I auditioned for 'Girls' the fall after I graduated from Yale. The show has been amazing - as close to perfect as it gets! — Allison Williams
I feel like 'Gossip Girl' isn't really 'Gossip Girl' anymore when they're away at school because they don't go to NYU; they go to, like,… — Cecily von Ziegesar
I don't think the alternative to Yale is jail by any means. On the other hand, there is a mass of research that does show… — Derek Bok
Hair matters. This is a life lesson Wellesley and Yale Law School failed to instil. Your hair will send significant messages to those around you. — Hillary Clinton
I came from Yale, where you get an extracurricular degree in self-importance because you went there. When AIDS happened, I was treated like an outcast.… — Larry Kramer
I was at Yale from 1953 to 1957, and I tried to commit suicide in my freshman year because I was gay, and I thought… — Larry Kramer
School is very important; it was very important for me. It gave me an enormous amount of confidence, especially at Yale where we were dealing… — Enrico Colantoni

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