Subject: Education (Page 3)

The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.

(1797 – 1856) German critic & poet

What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bees and he told me about the butcher and my wife.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I was the only black in every class; hard to be absent.

(1969 – ) American comedian & actor

Graduation speeches were invented largely in the belief that college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.

(1948 – ) American cartoonist (Doonesbury)

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

Christ, seven years of college, down the drain.

(1949 – 1982) American comedian, actor & musician

You might be a redneck if… your school fight song is Dueling Banjos.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

If law school is so hard to get through… how come there are so many lawyers?

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist

[Coedness] is like a radical agenda forced on college students.

(1969 – ) U.S. Representative (Delaware)

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

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

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

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

(1919 – 1991) American comedian & actor

Being dead is one way to experience nothing, another is to attend some classes at my school.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

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

You might be a redneck if… you have a bumper sticker that says, "MY MOTHER'S AN HONOR STUDENT AT SOUTH LITTLE ROCK JR. HIGH."

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

(1803 – 1869) French Romantic composer

Doctors bury their mistakes, but mine are still on scholarship.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Interviewer: Did you graduate from Auburn?
Charles: No, but I have a couple people working for me who did.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

My recipe for bad grades: don't study.

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

Education: One of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.

In public school my daughter was voted most likely to conceive.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor