Subject: Education (Page 13)

Drugs have taught an entire generation of Americans the metric system.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

Education: A progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

I never could make out what those damned dots meant.

(1911 – 1968) British politician & son of Prime Minister Winston Churchill

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

(1882 – 1950) American attorney, politician, liberal activist & actor

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

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

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

You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize that out of the 3 R’s only one begins with an ‘R.’

(1953 – ) comedian, political commentator and television & radio personality

I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts – Do You Want Fries With That?

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad.

(1858 – 1919) 26th U.S. president

He’s like the first guy, like, from my reading level, you know — the first guy, like, from my math class to finally go out and do something!

(1968 – ) American stand-up comedian

1. The more general the title of a course, the less you will learn from it. 2. The more specific a title is, the less you will be able to apply it.

Absolute Zero: The lowest grade attainable on a test.

The best classroom of all times was about two car lengths behind Juan Manuel Fangio.

(1929 – ) English race car driver

The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

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

My dog licked the crumbs out of my computer keyboard and earned an online college degree.

Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

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

Palestinian/American comedian

My recipe for bad grades: don't study.

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

You know how to tell if the teacher is hung over?… movie day

(1970 – ) American actor, producer & stand up comedian

If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet