"Yale's greatness carries an urgent need to guard against the fall of excellence into exclusivity, of refinement into preciousness, of elegance into class and convention."

-- Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.

#Fall Quotes #Greatness Quotes #Yale Quotes

“We discover a new world every time we see the earth again after it has been covered for a season with snow.”
“We looked at each other standing on the podium, and I think we all were tearing up. But we had to keep it cool. I think we did. Then we let out a breath.”
“Mathematics as we know it and as it has come to shape modern science could never have come into being without some disregard for the dangers of the infinite.”
“Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.”
“My religion is to live and die without regret.”
“If the power goes out, business stops... whether you sell roses or youre a big manufacturer.”
“As human beings we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions; to judge people too quickly and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration of the actual facts and ideals of the period.”
“I hate feminism. It is poison,”

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