Quintessential Quotes

We are making sure that the courses we offer at MITx and HarvardX are quintessential MIT and Harvard courses. They are not watered down. They are not MIT Lite or Harvard Lite. These are hard courses. These are the exact same courses, so the certificate will mean something.

The iambic line, with its characteristic forward movement from short to long, or light to heavy, or unstressed to stressed, is the quintessential measure of English verse.

I have seen humility in many of the finest leaders I have met the world over. And indeed, it is embodied in the warm, engaging and quintessentially successful spirit of Sir Richard Branson.

I can think of a lot of women clients of mine who are well into their 50s or 60s who are still quintessentially very elegant.

In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes.