Subject: Education (Page 9)

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

Education Money Murphy’s Laws

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist
Education Ideas Intelligence

I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia; not because I had it, but because I couldn’t spell it.


(1919 – 1990) American boxing champion
Education Health Learning School

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

Palestinian/American comedian
Activities Drugs School Situations

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
Education

I stopped telling people I didn't attend college when it suddenly dawned on me that no one was particularly surprised.

(1932 – ) American political satirist & comedian
Education School

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

(1919 – ) American folk singer
Education

I have never been jealous; not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality
Characteristics Education Fathers School

Education is what you get from reading the small print. Experience is what you get from not reading it.

Communication Education Murphy’s Laws

Pocket calculator batteries that have lasted all semester will fail during the math final.

Education Murphy’s Laws School

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
Communication Education Language Learning Places

Genitals are a great distraction to scholarship.

(1932 – 2000) English author & academic
Education Learning Sex

If you think that education is expensive, try ignorance.

(1930 – ) American lawyer & educator
Education Intelligence Money

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

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist
Democracy Education Government

I had a terrible education… I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Education School

We learn from experience that men never learn from experience.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Education Learning

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
Education Money School

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach
Education School Work

If you’re studying Geology, which is all facts, as soon as you get out of school you forget it all, but Philosophy you remember just enough to screw you up for the rest of your life.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician
Education Learning

I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach
Education

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.

Education Murphy’s Laws