Subject: Education (Page 13)

Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income… which he then spends sending his son to college.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

Lecture: A process by which the notes of the professor become the notes of the student, without passing through the minds of either.

Anyone who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison.

(1903 – 1966) English writer

Teaching wasn’t that bad – except for the kids.

comedian

Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education.

(1962 – ) writer & journalist

In high school, I was the class comedian as opposed to the class clown; the difference is the class clown is the guy who drops his pants at the football game, the class comedian is the guy who talked him into it.

(1948 – ) comedian, actor, writer, producer & film director

Being in politics is like being a football coach: you have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it’s important.

My recipe for bad grades: don't study.

(1964 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & voice actor

College seems like a pretty expensive way to become an alcoholic.

(1974 – ) American comedian

College: A fountain of knowledge where students gather to drink.

You live and learn… at any rate, you live.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

I took a positive thinking course… it was shit.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your mouth is moving.

I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.

We all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

A lot of people think kids say the darnedest things, but so would you if you had no education.

(1974 – ) Russian-born American comedian, writer & filmmaker

When I was at school I was great at history… oh wait, no I wasn't.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

There is no direct relationship between the quality of an educational program and its cost.

What we learn after we know it all, is what counts.

A diploma only proves that you know how to look up an answer.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author