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Shortly before her death, 1966: "Stanny (Stanford White) was lucky, he died. I lived."

- Evelyn Nesbit

I am an English major in school with an emphasis in creative writing. I think hearing Maya Angelou speak at school last year was one of the best moments Stanford, at least, intellectually, had to offer.

- Fred Savage

I`d be lying if I said I didn`t think about it. But at the same time, we don`t try to focus on that. Really, when it comes down to it, that`s not even an option if we don`t win this week. So really, all we`re thinking about is Stanford right now.

- Brady Quinn

It`s kind of cool because (Stanford) has that kind of elitist attitude. So it is kind of weird running with them because you feel it.

- Jennifer James

Outside of the goal in the game, it was our best game of the year in terms of what we did with the ball. We kept possession and moved the ball well, and had good rhythm and flow. We created numerous quality scoring opportunities today. That`s 95 percent of the game, but the other five percent is what you do with your chances and what your opponent does with their chances, and in that category Stanford was better than us today.

- Jerry Smith

We just had a graduate from the master`s program at Stanford University. We have about seven students at University of Las Vegas in the architecture. We have three local architects...

- Jim Burke

I`m very excited about the opportunity to take on new experiences in a new part of the country. Certainly to be closer to my family is important, but I also think the honor of being offered a position at Stanford is a major factor as well.

- Richard Shaw

Stanford admission officers are now deep into the application evaluation process, with notification of decisions expected by April 1.

- Richard Shaw

The Admission Committee concluded that each student offered a position in the Class of 2010 will bring unique strengths and perspectives to the Stanford undergraduate experience. We are honored to have had the opportunity to admit such exceptional and engaged students, and we look forward to the many contributions they will make to the Stanford community.

- Richard Shaw

There is a lot of pressure to beat Stanford because of all the other sports. We haven`t beat Stanford since I`ve been here.

- Tiffany Lee

I spend a year at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, researching market approaches to air pollution control.

- Alex Grobler

You looked at Stanford or Harvard, or the University of Colorado, these were powerful engines just turning out people ready to create and grow businesses.

- Alison Lewis

I was very nervous about going up to teach at Stanford and very nervous even about going to ARPA.

- Andrew J. Spano

We needed this win, needed it for confidence going into the Stanford game (on the road Thursday).

- Angel Gonzalez

It would be very difficult ... for me to vote to confirm someone whom I knew would overturn Roe v. Wade, because I remember ... what it was like when abortion was illegal in America ... As a college student at Stanford, I watched the passing of the plate to collect money so a young woman could go to Tijuana for a back-alley abortion. I knew a woman who killed herself because she was pregnant.

- Angela Ming Bean

Stanford and Harvard Business School share a common mission: to educate leaders around the world. Over the last several months, as we have explored the advantages of working together, we have become enthusiastic about the opportunity to deliver online an unparalleled management-education portfolio to executives and leaders around the world.

- Ary Goldberger

(A bookish child, she used to read at the dinner table, something that was not discouraged. She was a good student, got into Stanford University, where she met Joseph Brodsky.) He did the best thing a poet could ever do, ... He gave me a reading list.

- August Kleinzahler

Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. (Stanford)

- Sex and the City