Agency Quote by Gaddis Smith

The students at Yale came from all different backgrounds and all parts of the country. Within months, I knew many of them.

— George W. Bush

I've spent my entire adult life teaching at colleges of various kinds, all of them very different from Yale, and I have a fairly…

— Jess Row

Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of…

— Benno C. Schmidt, Jr

I look at the kids coming out of Yale. They are so intelligent with their careers. I wish I had that.

— Dianne Wiest

To cite my own alma mater, it's shocking to me that Yale University can teach what it teaches at the Yale School of Environmental…

— Edward Norton

I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy.

— Claire Danes

Yale students want to impress you with what they're doing. Harvard students want to impress you with how cool they look while doing it.

— Alexandra Petri

Voters inclined to loathe and fear elite Ivy League schools rarely make fine distinctions between Yale and Harvard. All they know is that both…

— Russell Baker

The work that I wanted to create wasn't being done then. I was too much concerned about fellow students, professors, institutional style [in Yale].

— Kehinde Wiley

I went to Yale for undergrad.

— Kevin Olusola

Yale? I was at Yale on a scholarship.

— Frances McDormand

The men and women of the CIA are a national treasure.

— John O. Brennan