Stephen A. Schwarzman Quotes

Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.

So I applied to medical school and received a scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University turned out to be a lucky choice. The faculty was scholarly and dedicated and accessible to students.

I would hope we would begin a series of projects that would do more to bring the different parts of the university together in the study of Asia, for example, in the study of the professions in Asia.

Yale? I was at Yale on a scholarship.

I got my initiation into the Middle East in 1969 when I went there to teach at the American University in Cairo for two years.

When I went to college, I got an engineering degree and a full scholarship.

As soon as I learned that I was a finalist, it was no question in my mind that I was going to put myself into the competition for the Rhodes scholarship.

I positively encourage time abroad to anybody. It's worth taking the time to suss out which countries in the world are well funded for your subject and look for opportunities there.

When I visit universities in the U.A.E., the U.S. and across Europe, I see the faces of the leaders of tomorrow.

There is nothing obscure about the objectives of educational exchange. Its purpose is to acquaint Americans with the world as it is and to acquaint students and scholars from many lands with America as it is-not as we wish it were or as we might wish foreigners to see it, but exactly as it is-which by my reckoning is an "image" of which no American need be ashamed.

My father was a German architect and graphic designer, who travelled all over the world, teaching teachers on how to teach. On one such visit to the Max Mueller Bhavan in Delhi, he met my mother.

I foresee the Globe attracting scholars from all over the world.

Oxford is a very special place. You really sensed the value of a good education there.

I attended Florida State University on an academic and leadership scholarship, changed my major from biology to broadcasting, and transferred to the University of South Carolina for my last two years.

Once my junior year finished at Florida State, I won the Rhodes Scholarship and I was also projected as a second-round draft pick.

I went to Yale for undergrad.

The Rhodes scholarship process was very extensive. I had to do several personal statements, rewrite those over and over and over again. I had to get some letters of recommendation.

If we are serious about Global Britain, we must recognise that international students bring huge benefits to our universities, our local economies and our soft power.

Harvard was very important to me and has been very important to so many people for so many years.

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

Getting a degree from Duke University is an amazing accomplishment for me.

I'm very proud of the fact I went to Harvard and I loved my four years there.

Universities which deliver high quality research and innovation will be an essential part of that future.

None who has passed through the portals of UAA has been a failure. From the former Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, to Lakshmi, Cho, Nagesh, Moulee, Srikanth, ARS and I, all have been a part of UAA.

I'm very proud to tell you guys I have been accepted into Stanford University, one of the main institutions of learning and research in the world.