Subject: Education » School (Page 6)

I was thrown out of NYU my freshman year for cheating on my metaphysics final; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

College is a place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage.

(1919 – 1991) American comedian & actor

I went to medical school here at Columbia; I got my M.D.; and was practicing out in Colorado, where I decided to quit and do stand-up – and not just because of the lawsuits.

(1971 – ) American comedian, actor, television host & former physician

As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools.

In school, every period ends with a bell… every sentence ends with a period… every crime ends with a sentence.


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

(1903 – 1966) English writer

The book or periodical most vital to the completion of your term paper will be missing from the library.

Corollary: If it is available, the most important page will be torn out.

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

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

My school was so tough the school newspaper had an obituary section.

(1927 – ) American comedian

If you're confident after you've just finished an exam, it's because you don't know enough to know better.

I never graduated from Iowa. I was only there for two terms – Truman's and Eisenhower's.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor

I won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

Sex doesn’t have to be taught; it’s something most of us are born with.

(1927 – 1997) Am. comedian & satirist notable for mock presidential campaign

Never let your studies interfere with your education.

All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

I was thinkin' maybe we should just bomb ourselves so we could upgrade our school system.

(1961 – ) comedian, writer, radio & television personality & blogger

Don’t marry a man to reform him; that’s what reform schools are for.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

(1922 – 2007) American novelist

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

Absolute Zero: The lowest grade attainable on a test.