Subject: Education (Page 6)

During exams you are permitted to look down for inspiration and up in exasperation, but you are not permitted to look side to side for information.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

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

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

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


I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

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

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

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

When I went to college, my parents threw a going away party for me, according to the letter.

(1956 – ) American comedian

In the first place God made idiots; that was for practice; then he made school boards.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

If you can't learn to do it well, you should learn to enjoy doing it badly.

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)

Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get if you don’t.

(1919 – ) American folk singer

How can you tell if a Korean broke into your house?… your dog is missing, and your homework is done.

(1962 – ) American television host, actress & comedian

What men learn from history is that men do not learn from history.

Men are like textbooks: you have to spend a lot of time between the covers to gain a small amount of satisfaction.

Education: What you have left over when you subtract what you’ve forgotten from what you learned.

His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

When I was in college, we did mushrooms and acid… and did I mention acid?

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

Teaching Latin to someone like me in high school was somewhat like trying to teach a pig to dance; it’s a waste of the teacher’s time and it irritates the pig.

U.S. Senator (1942 – 2015) U.S. senator (Tennessee) & 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