Top 13 College Essay Quotes

#1. This quality of Jewish folk music [- it can appear to be happy when it's tragic-] is close to my idea of what music should be. The should always be two layers in music.

Dmitri Shostakovich

#2. After college I got a job and started working. This new career had absolutely nothing to do with my degree.

Jason Najum

#3. That's my only goal. Surround myself with funny people, and make sure everyone has a good time and works hard.

Joe Rogan

#4. We may remember what the Romansthought a cultivated person ought to be: one who knows how to choose his company among men, among things, among thoughts, in the present as well as in the past.

Hannah Arendt

#5. When it comes to the college essay, feel free to break some rules. Many still apply, of course: you need to watch your grammar and spell everything correctly. Sentence structure still matters. But the formula that got you A's in English can be a straitjacket when you're writing your college essay.

Cassie Nichols

#6. The first thing I have at heart is American liberty; the second thing is American union.

Patrick Henry

#7. That would make a fantastic college entrance essay. 'I Killed My Boyfriend and Still Managed to Maintain a 4.2 GPA and the Lead in the Spring Musical.

Robin Benway

#8. When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.

Moliere

#9. The creation myth is a Darwinian device for survival.

Edward O. Wilson

#10. The only thing that will defeat me will be if you don't love me the way i love you

Joan Elliott Pickart

#11. I had just regained my freedom, and again I was locked away.

Natascha Kampusch

#12. The tagline at Westin hotels is that they strive to surprise and delight their guests. This is exactly what a college essay should do.

Kate Klise

#13. I kind of got more interested in writing after I turned in my last college essay and nobody was going to tell me what kind of academic papers to write anymore. I could write whatever I wanted, and I realized that I actually liked it when I could choose what I would write.

Dan Millman

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