#yale

I turned down a scholarship to Yale. The problem with college is that there's a tendency to mistake preparation for productivity. You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you'll never be successful. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#dice #down #i #mistake #never

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#best #both #degree #education #harvard

And the only studies were - Rodney Dangerfield was my mentor and he was my Yale drama school for comedy. ↗

— Robert Klein

#drama #drama school #mentor #only #rodney

But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy League professors that I should go to the Yale Drama School, another one of the stories in there. ↗

— Robert Klein

#difference #drama #drama school #father #go

I got accepted at Yale but never went. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#got #i #never #went #yale

I was planning on going to Yale to theater school. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#i #planning #school #theater #yale

I'd love to go to school and have a normal life, but I don't see any professor at Yale being able to teach me more than Steven Spielberg. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#any #being #go #i #life

Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity. ↗

— Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.

#achievement #american #american life #crucible #democratic

A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#accomplishes #admired #celebrated #class #firm

You all have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldn’t determine who you are. You must all realize what you’re worth on your own. ↗

— Koushun Takami

#inspirational #intrinsic-value #japanese #life #self-confidence