Always Quote by Scott Bessent

In the fall of 1978, I left the religious, conservative, biracial, slow-paced culture of South Carolina for the secular, liberal, multi-ethnic, intense culture of…

— Virginia Postrel

I went to Yale for undergrad.

— Kevin Olusola

I headed off to Yale, and eventually Georgetown Law, but I never forgot where I came from. I came back to South Carolina to…

— Jaime Harrison

I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that…

— Candace Bushnell

When I left Yale, it was so painful to me. I had worked so hard, gotten so far, and just walked away.

— Eileen Pollack

I had three jobs to make my way through Yale.

— Scott Bessent

Because I was from the Midwest and untrained, I was completely open and ready to try anything. Many of my classmates were cynical and…

— Laila Robins

I went to college in Vermont, and then stayed in the East Coast.

— Bret Easton Ellis

Yale was one of the best moments in my life - also one of the hardest. I learned about community.

— Brian Tyree Henry

I have never felt out of place in my entire life. But I did at Yale.

— J. D. Vance

I graduated in 1930 and I went up to the Yale Drama School for two years.

— Albert Maltz

I got accepted at Yale but never went.

— Shia LaBeouf