Wake Forest

Wake Forest may refer to:

  • Wake Forest, North Carolina, a town near Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Wake Forest University, a university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • Wake Forest, name of the plantation owned by Calvin Jones (physician) that became the first home of Wake Forest University
  • Demon Deacons, athletic teams from Wake Forest University

Famous quotes containing the words wake and/or forest:

    “But since all is well, keep it so, wake not a sleeping wolf.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Above the forest of the parakeets,
    A parakeet of parakeets prevails,
    A pip of life amid a mort of tails.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)