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:

    “Life’s like a ball game. You gotta take a swing at whatever comes along before you wake up and find out it’s the ninth inning.”
    —Martin Goldsmith, and Edgar G. Ulmer. Vera (Ann Savage)

    “All nature is a temple where the alive
    Pillars breathe often a tremor of mixed words;
    Man wanders in a forest of accords
    That peer familiarly from each ogive.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)