1930s Quote by Henry Rosovsky

That said, there are a few clear factors that determine the potential of a university to reach the highest levels of excellence. In the…

— Henry Rosovsky

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 was an extraordinary window on the world.

— Pierre Trudeau

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

If Harvard is $60,000 and University of Toronto, where I went to school, is maybe six. So you're really telling me that education is…

— Malcolm Gladwell

If you think about the amount of critical thinking that has come into the field of economics, two universities have dominated the landscape in…

— Kenneth C. Griffin

I believe that Harvard can have, and must have, a strong affirmative action program that reflects our commitment to equal opportunity while fully respecting…

— Derek Bok

Almost nothing anyone told me about Harvard has been accurate.

— Alexandra Petri

There is another innovation at Harvard which I think made a tremendous difference and that is the decision to try to recruit the very…

— Henry Rosovsky

The attraction to me was that Harvard was such a big community, with interesting things to do and interesting people, but you realise when…

— Tyler Winklevoss

When Harvard University opened its doors in 1636, there were already well-established universities in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru.

— Óscar Arias

Everyone praises Harvard 'for the students.' But what makes Harvard's students so great is that they are, in many ways, a cross-section of the…

— Alexandra Petri