February 22, 2011

Readers submit their favorite Harvard quotations

Readers: submit your favorite quotations about Harvard and by Harvard figures.

From The March-April 2011 Issue

You’ve read Fred Shapiro’s top 25 Harvard quotations. Now add a favorite of your own using the Comment field below. Please include the name of the speaker or writer, that individual's Harvard connection (unless the quotation is about Harvard itself), and the source (if at all possible). This forum is moderated, so your comment may not appear immediately.

Published in the March-April 2011 print issue under the headline “Your Harvard Quotations,” in the section.

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