Quotes by Yale I was at Yale and I said to the poet Elizabeth Alexander, "I'm interested in the ways in which black health seems precarious in the United States." She introduced me to the term "John Henryism." And then I went back and researched it and understood that, woah, this thing I am thinking about is actually a condition that's named. Claudia Rankine black yale thinking Texas Governor Rick Perry distanced himself from George W. Bush by saying, 'I went to Texas A&M. He went to Yale.' In other words, his idea of instilling confidence is by saying, 'Don't worry. I'm not as smart as George W. Bush.' Conan O'Brien smart texas yale When I got out of Yale Drama School, I was completely broke. Courtney B. Vance yale drama school I would love to see writing taught online because at university like Yale, there are not enough teachers who are able to teach writing well, or in some cases, there are none. David Gelernter yale writing teacher He's wearing his official university sweatshirt again, which puzzles me a little. I mean I'd sort of understand it more if it said Yale or Harvard or something, because then it would be a fashion choice. But why advertise the fact that you're at a university to all the other people who are at the university with you? David Nicholls fashion yale mean I look at the kids coming out of Yale. They are so intelligent with their careers. I wish I had that. Dianne Wiest intelligent yale kids There were several things a Yale freshman was supposed to be able to do. You had to demonstrate in the Olympic-size Yale pool that you could swim 50 yards or be inducted into swimming class. Dick Cavett swimming yale class It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. Donald Sterling black yale people If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised. Dorothy Parker yale would-be sex If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised. Dorothy Parker prom girl yale People think because I went to Yale that that implies privilege, and it is a privilege in the sense that it's an incredible opportunity. Edward Norton yale opportunity thinking 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 Studies and utterly fail to mirror those values in any way in its investment practices. Edward Norton yale practice school School is very important; it was very important for me. It gave me an enormous amount of confidence, especially at Yale where we were dealing with all the classics. In dealing with the classics, you are dealing with the very best. Enrico Colantoni important yale school I was rather literary in college—one year I wrote a series of very solemn and obvious editorials for the 'Yale News.'—and now I was going to bring back all such things into my life and become again that most limited of all specialists, the 'well-rounded man.' This isn’t just an epigram—life is much more successfully looked at from a single window, after all. F. Scott Fitzgerald college yale men Other kids are brought up nice and sent to Harvard and Yale. Me? I was brought up like a mushroom. Frank Costello nice yale kids Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all. F. Scott Fitzgerald yale men hands And Yale is November, crisp and energetic. F. Scott Fitzgerald november energetic yale A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible. Frederick W. Smith yale order ideas Yale has influenced the Central Intelligence Agency more than any other university, giving the CIA the atmosphere of a class reunion. Gaddis Smith agency yale class Yale men do not like to be told anything by people who didn't go to Yale. The closest I came to Yale was once I had one of their padlocks. George Burns yale men people «12345678»
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