Graduation Quote by David Ignatius

Sometimes you have Harvard undergraduates who stun you with the depth of their knowledge. That is why it is great to be at a…

— Athanasios Orphanides

It is interesting - you find in the United States, there is a kind of anti-education hostility. It's the sort of Sarah Palin constituency…

— Richard Dawkins

I've been awed by the incredible opportunities that automatically float to the Harvard undergrads I once taught - from building homes for the poor…

— Nina Easton

Harvard prides itself on its diversity - economic, racial, social, geographical - but it remains intellectually segregated. It's not what conservative commentators seem to…

— Alexandra Petri

The benefit of rich families putting their child through Harvard is always going to exist. But it's quite evident that there are 700 million…

— Michael J. Saylor

These ivy league students are in the upper echelon of the college boards and had great opportunity in front of them regardless of where…

— Michael N. Castle

“According to one Harvard study, more students attended America’s elite universities from the top 1 per cent of income backgrounds than from the bottom…

— Edward Luce

Americans don't realize how difficult it is to create a Harvard.

— Anand Giridharadas

Sometimes I fear that, if Harvard does not give up trying to turn itself from an Institution of Learning into an Educational Institution, we…

— Edwin Boring

I get flack for saying [when I visit a college and give a speech], "This is a nice college, but the really great educator…

— Charlie Munger

I won't say there aren't any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. But they have done so to our great embarrassment…

— Derek Bok

Harvard is the home of American ideas.

— P. J. O'Rourke