Subject: Education (Page 11)

You think when gym teachers are younger, they’re thinking, “You know, I want to teach, but I don’t want to read?”

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

Absolute Zero: The lowest grade attainable on a test.

If lessons are learned in defeat, as they say, our team is really getting a great education.

American football coach

You're looking at a very proud Canadian who is very proud of the educational system in Canadia…

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low.

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

He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman

I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

(1902 – 1983) Australian novelist & short-story writer

If I drop out of school, where am I gonna find drugs?

Palestinian/American comedian

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

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

They put me in Special Ed because they thought I was slow, but I stayed in Special Ed for the ladies.

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

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

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

(1930 – ) American baseball player

I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Comparing information and knowledge is like asking whether the fatness of a pig is more or less green than the designated hitter rule.

(1948 – ) American writer & mathematician

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

If we really learned from our past mistakes, most of us would never get out of bed in the morning.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

You may be a redneck if you have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

"We Hate Math" says 4 in 10 – A Majority of Americans

Learn to be sincere, even if you have to fake it.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author