“I got a four year scholarship to Harvard, and while I was there they wanted to groom me for work in the Star Wars program designing weapons ignited by hydrogen bombs. I didn't want to do that. I thought about how many scientists had died in World War II.” WorldWantYearsWarWantedScienceStarsFourDesignWeaponsProgramScientistDiedWar Of The WorldsBombsWorld War IiFour YearsWorld War IBiographiesScholarshipHarvardHydrogenHydrogen Bomb Author:Michio Kaku
“The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.” WellsStatesLightLawConditionsPleaseUniversityDamnControlledNutritionOrganismsTemperatureHarvardHumidity Author:Larry Wall
“Harvard is first and foremost a university and not a consulting operation, and our job here is to teach and to research and to create knowledge on Asia in conjunction and in cooperation with scholars as well as with political, intellectual, and cultural leaders in Asia.” FirstsWellsJobsPoliticalLeaderTeachIntellectualResearchUniversityOperationsCooperationScholarAsiaHarvardConsultingConjunctions Author:William C. Kirby
“If a comparative-literature major had existed at Harvard College for undergraduates I would have surely gone in that direction.” IfsLiteratureGoneCollegeMajorsHarvardComparative Literature Author:Louis Begley
“At Harvard I was in charge of the comparative anatomy labs.” HarvardLabsAnatomy Author:Robert T. Bakker
“That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms or Mendelssohn, which was distressing because in the end you realized how good Brahms is, and how bad you are.” WritingEndsProblemBigsStudyPiecesStyleHarvardBig ProblemsDistressingBrahmsMendelssohnStudying Music Author:Elliott Carter
“I couldn't help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasn't one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity.” ThinkingHelpingDreamSchoolOpportunityDifferencesBrainTalentHigh SchoolFolksI RealizedSatHarvardClassmatesStanfordAntonioSan Antonio Author:Julian Castro
“Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist.” SchoolLet MeCommittedSocialistHarvardBusiness School Author:P. Chidambaram
“When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.” SchoolLeaderIndiaTradeUnionsLawyerHarvardTrade UnionsBusiness School Author:P. Chidambaram
“I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I went up there but I didn't stay that long because I went into show business.” LittlesLongShowsSchoolHigh SchoolShow BusinessHarvardArmstrong Author:Billy Eckstine
“If you went to Harvard Medical School, chances are you'll be a doctor at some place. There's a career trajectory. Acting, there's nothing. It's constantly trying to procure jobs - it's very disconcerting.” IfsTryingSchoolJobsChanceActingCareersDoctorsMedicalHarvardChances AreTrajectoryMedical School Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“The first months at Harvard were more than challenging, as I came to the realization that the humanities could be genuinely interesting, and, in fact, given the weaknesses of my background, very difficult.” FirstsFactsHumanityGivenDifficultChallengesInterestingMonthsWeaknessBackgroundsRealizationHarvardArts And Humanities Author:Philip Warren Anderson
“I want to make as much of a contribution as I can, to Harvard, to higher education and hopefully, to education around the world.” WorldWantI CanHigherAround The WorldHopefullyContributionHarvardHigher Education Author:Jim Breyer
“It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.” IfsMenMotivationalWorkAbilityBusinessHistoryPrisonHarvard Author:Malcolm Forbes
“I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old, and I waited tables here three to four nights a week for several years while I was trying to support myself and my daughter and the day I got that acceptance at Harvard Law School was an unforgettable day.” TryingYearsSchoolLawYoungNightThreeSupportFourWeekAcceptanceMomDaughterTablesMy DaughterDivorcedHarvardSingle MomLaw SchoolUnforgettableHarvard Law School Author:Wendy Davis
“I've lectured at the Harvard Business School several times.” SchoolHarvardBusiness School Author:Christie Hefner
“I went to an all-girls pre school where everyone went off to Harvard or Yale, and I had zero interest in doing so. I think they thought I was on drugs. There was a neighboring all-boys school, so we'd get together and do dumb things. It was your typical Catholic-American upbringing.” ThinkingSchoolTogetherGirlInterestBoysDrugCatholicDumbZeroTypicalHarvardUpbringingGet TogetherYaleDumb ThingsPre School Author:Katherine Moennig