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Graduate School Quotes

Lessons learned far beyond the classroom.

These graduate school quotes cover more than lecture halls, from a startup idea that grew out of a business school class project to travel described as the most affordable and rewarding graduate education you can buy. Read more in our Business quotes.

I left Egypt in 1969 for graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. I have been on the faculty at Caltech for 37 years and carried dual citizenship for 31. But my commitment to the country of my birth never...

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

I think, overall, there is a lack of diversity in the arts. I'm thinking about when I was in grad school: I could probably count on one hand the number of minority students in the graduate school program.

Quotes by Adrienne C. Moore

Towards the end of the military service, I had to make what I assume has been the most important decision in my career: to start a residency in clinical medicine, in surgery, which was my favorite choice, or to enroll...

Quotes by Aaron Ciechanover

The great thing about a sitcom is that you're in front of a live audience, so you really get in touch with what audience reaction is, but also there are lots of elements of film that you're dealing with, and...

Quotes by Topher Grace

Business Quotes

Travel is the best and probably cheapest graduate school you can buy.

Quotes by Tom Freston

So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened.

Quotes by Ted Nelson

I remember when I was in graduate school and someone in workshop would say, 'I'm going to bring in a chapter of my novel.' The thought that someone could think they'd write a whole long thing... I could only see...

Quotes by Susan Minot

I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought,...

Quotes by Susan Minot

From a young age, I wanted to play in the NBA. Oh well... It was when I was a senior in college that I fell for film, but even then, it wasn't documentaries. It wasn't until I ended up in...

Quotes by Steve James

Go Quotes

Because I didn't go to graduate school or have mentorship out of college, meeting other playwrights and developing those friendships as a result of being a 'grown up' playwright - that's become an essential community for me. My contemporaries are...

Quotes by Stephen Karam

It was at the graduate school at Columbia University that I first met Wesley C. Mitchell, with whom I was associated for many years at the National Bureau of Economic Research and to whom I owe a great intellectual debt.

Quotes by Simon Kuznets

I came to graduate school at Harvard University in 1954. My thesis supervisor, Julian Schwinger, had about a dozen doctoral students at a time. Getting his ear was as difficult as it was rewarding. I called my thesis 'The Vector...

Quotes by Sheldon Lee Glashow

I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But...

Quotes by Shannon Lucid

When I was in graduate school in consumer science and math, all of the big companies had labs, all doing blue sky research.

Quotes by Sandra Lerner

Good Quotes

I had a professor in graduate school who told us, 'Know what you're good at, and do that thing.' And I thought, 'Hands down, I'm an ensemble girl. I'm a fierce ensemble girl. I am dependable.' I was never seen...

Quotes by Ruthie Ann Miles

Probably the first time I was a boss was when I was associate dean of the graduate school at the University of Southern California. I was in my early 30s.

Quotes by Ruth J. Simmons

Cove is essentially a collaboration, coordination and communication tool for the administration of organizations and communities, from the Stanford Graduate School of Business Entrepreneurship Club to church groups and schools.

Quotes by Ruchi Sanghvi

I realized that I wanted a Rhodes Scholarship, not because I wanted to go to graduate school but because I wanted to win a famous award. Quitting forced me to realize I was on the wrong track and that I...

Quotes by Rachel Simmons

Nothing drew me to the film business. I was propelled by the fear and anxiety of Vietnam. I had been drafted into the Marines. My brother was already serving in Vietnam. I bought, if you will, a stay of execution...

Quotes by Peter Guber

Life Quotes

Getting into graduate school was pure luck.

Quotes by Paul G. Tremblay

Frequently Asked Questions

Do any of these graduate school quotes mention real startups?
Yes, one recalls a social media-focused venture that started as a course assignment at a well-known business school before its founders pursued it further.
Is travel really compared to graduate school here?
It is. One quote calls travel the best and most affordable form of graduate-level education, suggesting real-world experience can rival formal study.
Is there a quote about becoming a writer through graduate school?
Yes, one person describes starting graduate school intending to write short stories, only to shift toward poetry after a friend dared them to try it.
Do these quotes suggest graduate school is only about business degrees?
Not at all. The collection includes creative writing and general life-education themes alongside business school references, showing a range of academic paths.
Where can I find more quotes about ambition and life direction?
Check our Life quotes for more on personal journeys, or browse Go quotes for motivational lines about taking the next step.

Other lines recall the winding path into creative writing, where a dare to write a single poem opened up a whole new direction in life. Continue with Go and Life quotes.