Quotes tagged ‘Ivy League’

(5 total)

“the new grocery store sells real cheese, edging out the plastic bodega substitute. the new neighbors know how to feed their children, treat themselves to oysters sometimes. other times, to brunch. finally, some good pastrami around these parts. new cafe on broadway. new trees in the sidewalk. everyo…”

— Franny Choi, apmpodcasts.org

“Sonny: Hey, whaddya gonna do, nice college boy, eh? Didn't want to get mixed up in the Family business, huh? Now you wanna gun down a police captain. Why? Because he slapped ya in the face a little bit? Hah? What do you think this is the Army, where you shoot 'em a mile away? You've gotta get up clo…”

— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Santino 'Sonny' Corleone, James Caan, imdb.com

“None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody—a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns—bent down and helped us pick up our boots.”

— Thurgood Marshall, biography.com

“Dear Lord, please make sure this never happens to me because I don't think I could handle suicide. Fast, early acceptance into an Ivy League school and please let it be Harvard. Amen.”

— Daniel Waters, Peter Dawson, Jeremy Applegate, amazon.com

“Can there be any finer demonstration of the insularity and mediocrity of today’s Manhattan prestige media? Wow, millionaire workaholic Donald Trump chased young, beautiful, willing women and liked to boast about it. Jail him now! Blame for this fiasco falls squarely upon the New York Times editors w…”

— Camille Paglia, salon.com