James Bryant Conant

Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea.

He who enters a university walks on hallowed ground.

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

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface.

Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance.