Attitude Quote by Derek Bok

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

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 define Harvard envy as the emotional tug that exerts itself on college leaders—presidents, trustees, administrators, and faculty—and forces them to manage their institution…

— Andrew S. Rosen

“Harvard College was probably less hurtful than any other university then in existence. It taught little, and that little ill, but it left the…

— Henry Adams

I've been called worse than a Harvard kid.

— Ryan Fitzpatrick

“What we're really sending you to Harvard for is to get a little of the educations that's so good and plenty there. When it's…

— George Horace Lorimer

I think the minority students that we admit to Harvard are every bit as meritorious as the white students that we admit.

— Derek Bok

I don't get it. If you're saying, Tommy Lee, you don't fit the image of the East Coast, social elitist wealthy people who comprise…

— Tommy Lee Jones

I would not say that Harvard possesses any sort of absolute dominance. And I personally do not take the rankings of schools all that…

— Henry Rosovsky

If you're last in your class at Harvard, it doesn't feel like you're a good student, even though you really are. It's not smart…

— Malcolm Gladwell

It's fashionable with the Sarah Palin set to attack Harvard and treat its graduates as elitists. But if you spend any time on campus,…

— David Ignatius

I don't get a lot of "Hey, Harvard!" stuff. I think a lot of people who don't know me would be surprised to think…

— Dean Norris