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Emerson Quotes

Lines tied to Emerson, in school and in spirit.

This page groups quotes referencing "Emerson" in different ways, from attending Emerson College in Boston to reading the essayist during a formative school year. See Best.

I didn't care at all about losing, but I just didn't want Emerson to feel bad, You know, I didn't win, but Felicity won, and when you come to the set next time, you can give her a big congratulations.

Quotes by Teri Hatcher

I went to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Massachusetts and Emerson College in Boston.

Quotes by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Their spirituality was in nature, even though Emerson was a preacher on the pulpit, he ended up going out into nature for direct, face-to-face communication with God, if you want to call all of this creation part of God.

Quotes by Story Musgrave

Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice.

Quotes by Stan Getz

Attended Quotes

I was born in 1937, in Yakima, Washington, the oldest child of Robert Emerson Lucas and Jane Templeton Lucas. My sister Jenepher was born in 1939 and my brother Peter in 1940. My parents had moved to Yakima from Seattle...

Quotes by Robert Lucas, Jr.

I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson was the first of living men. He was the modern Moses who had talked with God apart and could interpret Him to us.

Quotes by Rebecca Harding Davis

We all know how we can be turned around by a magic place; that's why we travel, often. And yet we all know, too, that the change cannot be guaranteed. Travel is a fool's paradise, Emerson reminded us, if we...

Quotes by Pico Iyer

I studied journalism at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. I did my graduate work at Emerson in Boston, and I was actually a reporter for a year in New York and New Jersey. It dawned on me...

Quotes by Nolan North

In high school, I went to a place called the Mountain School. It's on a farm in Vermont, and I read Emerson and Thoreau and ran around the woods. Now I go hiking with a bunch of my comedy buddies....

Quotes by Nick Kroll

Back Quotes

During my first years in the Sierra, I was ever calling on everybody within reach to admire them, but I found no one half warm enough until Emerson came. I had read his essays, and felt sure that of all...

Quotes by John Muir

When I attended Emerson College in Boston, it was confined to the Back Bay, but now it has taken over a lot of Boston, which is great.

Quotes by Joanna Going

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that William James was honored to be asked to speak at a centenary celebration.

Quotes by Howard Mumford Jones

I taught four classes in my life. They were a master class at Northwestern and three classes at Emerson when I was making 'Here Comes the Boom' in Boston.

Quotes by Henry Winkler

I love the fact that it starts from there, and you don't know where it's gonna go. Wait long enough - love will find you. Everything's a surprise. When you think you've got it all figured out... as Emerson said,...

Quotes by Hector Elizondo

Best Quotes

When I was a kid, I used to listen to my Emerson radio late at night under the covers. I started by listening to jazz in the late 1940s and then vocal harmony groups like the Four Freshmen, the Modernaires...

Quotes by Frankie Valli

Frequently Asked Questions

Do all these Emerson quotes refer to the same thing?
No, some reference Emerson College in Boston, one references the writer Emerson, and one uses Emerson as a name.
Is Emerson College mentioned as an education choice?
Yes, two samples describe studying or graduating from Emerson College in Boston as part of the speaker's background.
Does the essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson appear here?
One quote recalls reading Emerson and Thoreau while at a farm-based high school in Vermont.
Is one quote unrelated to school or literature?
Yes, one anecdote simply mentions a person named Emerson in an unrelated personal story about a competition.
Where can I find more education-related quotes?
See Attended for more lines about schools and formative years.

One quote even uses Emerson as a person's name in an unrelated anecdote. Explore Attended and Back for related school reflections.