Subject: Education (Page 11)

The philosophy exam was a piece of cake… which was a bit of a surprise, actually, because I was expecting some questions on a sheet of paper.

Going back to school was the best thing I ever done.

You can learn many things from children… how much patience you have for instance.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

The more trivial your research, the more people will read it and agree.
Corollary: The more vital your research, the less people will understand it.

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

I took a positive thinking course… it was shit.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

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

If we keep on learning at this rate well soon know nothing at all.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

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

The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.

(1888 – 1964) American folklorist, writer & newspaper columnist

Teacher: A person who swore she would starve before teaching, and who has been doing both ever since.

Never let your studies interfere with your education.

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

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

They say you never forget your first school teacher, I had mine like 4 years in a row… I was dating her by the time I got out of that joint.

American actor & stand-up comedian

According to a new geographic literacy study 4 out of 10 American students couldn't find Iraq on a map; however 10 out of 10 Mexicans could find the U.S. without a map.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

You might be a redneck if… you refer to the fifth grade as “my senior year.”

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

I won't say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner.

(1923 – 1966) stand-up comedian, writer, social critic & satirist

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

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.