School Quotes

I think a lot of young kids at school are very conscious of trying to keep credibility in case they kind of stand out in a crowd and get bullied by trying to stay cool and stuff. And my whole thing, all the way through school, was I was just a goof... I didn't care.

I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody.

In Kansas I have a chess school.

When I see friends from school I think they've all grown old and I've stayed the same.

I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a four-year-old.

I guess whatever maturity is there may be there because I've been keeping a journal forever. In high school my friends would make fun of me - you're doing your man diary again. So I was always trying to translate experience into words.

This man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated!

As I was coming up, it always seemed like I was learning. If it wasn't from school, it was the 'hood. The influences of the 'hood are very powerful.

I asked him if he ever hung out with black guys in high school and he said, 'Well, no. They always had these angry looks on their faces. Who wouldn't look ticked off having to deal with nitwits like him?

I went to Catholic school in and out. I'm what you call a recovering Catholic. I have many major issues with the church.

The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school.

I would really like to go back to school. I would love it now.

I'd skip school regularly to see movies - even in the morning, in the small Parisian theaters that opened early.

I grew up in a military family. I was moved around from school to school, so people aren't always the most welcoming to new girls in school.

It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do. Being involved, learning firsthand and observing the craft and absorbing all you can, makes it easier to define what you want. It will also ultimately make you a better Chef. Culinary school, or even a single class, is a great bet too.

I was still in school at the time and Cab was very popular and everybody was doing Cab Calloway so I did.

I went to night school and summer school, I made that whole year up and I actually graduated on time. Also, I got a part-time job at the radio station.

I usually balance school by doing online classes and regular classes - that has helped me a lot, and I'm able to get my schoolwork done while I'm traveling too.

I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing.

Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.

Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorney, and of course the school board.

I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school.

I got along better with the guys than with the girls. Only two girls came up to talk to me. Later I found out they were telling their boyfriends, 'If you talk to her, I'll kill you.' It's always rough with that high school thing.

I fantasize about going back to high school with the knowledge I have now. I would shine. I would have a good time, I would have a girlfriend. I think that's where a lot of my pain comes from. I think I never had any teenage years to go back to.

I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend any school in the metropolitan area outside his own district - with per pupil funds going with him.

People who get on at school are the ones who play by the rules, and no one's going to get far in later life playing by the system.

Once you have done with school, you realise that it is just a smaller version of life, and really I have felt that I should have been an adult since I was aged about five.

I was in the South of France. I saw a Brownie on a school trip. She was holding up a book. It said on the front 'rough guide'. I thought: 'Yeah' she's not a looker.

My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school.

I did drop out of school.