I was born in
I was born in Argentina, June 13, 1943. I brought up my parents very well, so they let me come to America to study at Princeton University. Emilio Ambasz
Princeton
Princeton is a sublime
Princeton is a sublime undergraduate university. It has a good architecture school. Emilio Ambasz
When I look at
When I look at that record in light of the 1985 job application to the [Ronald] Reagan Justice Department, it’s even more troubling.That document lays out an ideological agenda that highlights Judge Samuel Alito in belonging to an alumni group at Princeton that opposed the admission of women and proposed to curb the admission of … Read more
Well germ warfare of
Well germ warfare of course exists. There have been on a small scale… There have been, of course, a few people who got killed with anthrax right here in Princeton. Freeman Dyson
One of the memorable
One of the memorable moments of my life was when Willard Libby came to Princeton with a little jar full of crystals of barium xenate. A stable compound, looking like common salt, but much heavier. This was the magic of chemistry, to see xenon trapped into a crystal. Freeman Dyson
I used to rent
I used to rent a house in Princeton, New Jersey, and whenever people came to visit me, I would drive them past Albert Einstein’s house, which is the most ordinary house in Princeton – a house, let me assure you, that now a salesman wouldn’t live in. I’d always say, \”That was Albert Einstein’s house.\” … Read more
Amory took to writing
Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmoniously above the willow. May came too soon, and suddenly unable to bear walls, he wandered the campus at all hours through starlight and rain. … Read more
The men–the undergraduates of
The men–the undergraduates of Yale and Princeton are cleaner, healthier, better-looking, better dressed, wealthier and more attractive than any undergraduate body in the country. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Looking back over a
Looking back over a decade one sees the ideal of a university become a myth, a vision, a meadow lark among the smoke stacks. Yet perhaps it is there at Princeton, only more elusive than under the skies of the Prussian Rhineland or Oxfordshire; or perhaps some men come upon it suddenly and possess it, … Read more
That was always my
That was always my experience-a poor boy in a rich town; a poor boy in a rich boy’s school; a poor boy in a rich man’s club at Princeton …. However, I have never been able to forgive the rich for being rich, and it has colored my entire life and works. F. Scott Fitzgerald