Norman Lamm Quotes

There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list.

To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always been fantastic.

The only thing I learn on a daily basis from law school is that I disliked it and the law so much that it's constantly this fire at my heels.

You don't go to Notre Dame to learn something; you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.

For me, law school was a time of joy and hope. Joy in learning my way around the law - learning how to orbit a problem and to ask myself hard questions and to be asked hard questions. Hope that I could be of some use, to be part of the greater good - to make the world a little bit better.

A Good School deserves to be call'd, the very Salt of the Town, that hath it.

My resume showed membership on both the Harvard and Columbia Law Reviews, a credit impressive abroad where it was not generally known that Law Reviews were student-operated publications.

Columbia University in 1959 had a kind of reputation that interested me.

I thought of myself as a soldier who was going to law school.

I want to get to a level where I am regarded as one of the best and coming to a club like Chelsea gives me the right platform to improve.

At UCLA, there will always be high expectations. That's why you want to play here or coach here.

I would prefer to be famous for something I did or built or achieved.

I wanted to go somewhere I could be an important player. Be the player the whole city looks up to.

I'm not a big fan of fame; I'm a big fan of success.

I was not driven by fame and fortune.

I wanted to go to Harvard because it felt like it would be the Hogwarts Academy of law schools.

I am the best in the world, and all these guys are fighting me to gain credit.

I went to, while I was in the military, Western New England College for my MBA and New England School of Law for my law degree.

I wanted to be champion. I know fame comes with that.

I never had a desire to be famous.

I don't need the fame or power.

I often joke with my husband and say to him, 'You know I have two theatre degrees, right? That's all I know how to do.' LOL! He went to Pepperdine Law School, has four degrees, and passed the California Bar first time around, so I always make sure he doesn't expect too much from me.

I was fortunate and worked hard to graduate top of my class as a primary school teacher and receive the Vere Foster Award, which is the medal given to the graduate who attains the highest mark in teaching practice.

I grew up saying, 'I want to be famous,' but that was just the words that you used. As I got older, I understood that what I really meant was, 'I want to be successful.'

I want to be important.