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A university anywhere can aim no higher than to be as British as possible for the sake of the undergraduates, as German as possible for the sake of the public at large-and as confused as possible for the preservation of the whole uneasy balance.
Living in Washington, you can't take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to.
| Vicente Aleixandre, Poet (1898) |
| Cass Canfield, Publisher (1897) |
| Alice Cary, Poet (1820) |
| Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Writer (1916) |
| Eugene Delacroix, Artist (1798) |
| Giancarlo Esposito, Actor (1958) |
| April Glaspie, Diplomat (1942) |
| Kevin James, Comedian (1965) |
| Curtis Jones, Musician (1968) |
| Greg Laswell, Musician (1974) |
| Hasil Adkins, Musician (2005) |
| Lucille Ball, Comedian (1989) |
| Count Basie, Musician (1984) |
| Augusto Roa Bastos, Novelist (2005) |
| Jill Dando, Journalist (1999) |
| Celia Johnson, Actress (1982) |
| Corliss Lamont, Philosopher (1995) |
| David Lavender, Historian (2003) |


