92 Quotes by Alexandra Robbins

There are three elements to perceived popularity. A student has to be visible, recognizable and influential.

At middle age, a guy might feel his life is stagnant, with too much predictability, stability and certainty. At 25, however, a common feeling is that there's too much unpredictability, instability and uncertainty,

Adults tell students that it gets better, that the world changes after school, that being 'different' will pay off sometime after graduation. But no one explains to them why.

You should wear what you want to wear and not worry about trying to paint yourself in a certain image because that self-awareness is what's going to help you become a more independent and more interesting and healthier adult.

It is unacceptable that the system we rely on to develop children into well-adjusted, learned, cultured adults allows drones to dominate and increasingly devalues freethinkers.

In the black sororities, they celebrate achievement academically, and they really do work toward community service. As much as the white sororities claim that's the case in their groups, it's not really so. White sororities focus on relationships.

I tend to focus on young people and on giving a voice to groups of people who don't normally get their voices heard.

A Health Affairs study comparing patient-satisfaction scores with HCAHPS surveys of almost 100,000 nurses showed that a better nurse work environment was associated with higher scores on every patient-satisfaction survey question.

The aging aren’t only the old; the aging are all of us.