Academy Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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

“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

A Harvard education consists of what you learn at Harvard while you are not studying.

— James Bryant Conant

Many kids think unless they go to one of these great Ivy League schools, which I was lucky enough to go to later, that…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

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

“The one professional school, Harvard, had been founded to provide training for one profession only, the ministry; recently”

— Marion L. Starkey

Harvard just took that option out of our hands. He is truly on his own now.

— Anonymous

Harvard has something that manages, I think, to provide a lot of options for students, but still fairly prescriptive about the kinds of subjects…

— Louis Menand

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

“We don’t care about who you are, what you’re interested in, and what you can become. We don’t care about learning. We will love…

— Carol S. Dweck

Harvard freshmen are smart, interested, and excited, and it's fun hearing their different perspectives and stuff that they will share.

— Lisa Randall

Not a Harvard-type education, just a not-sticking-up-a-liquor-store-type education.

— Chris Rock