Subject: Education » School (Page 2)

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything one learned in school.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

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

The hardest thing to do at a community college is cheat on a test because the only people you can cheat off of also go to a community college.

American stand-up comedian

When I went to school, sex education was mainly muttered warnings about the janitor.

(1972 – ) Scottish comedian

 I want a school my football team can be proud of.

(1905 – 1998) botanist, author & University of Oklahoma president

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

The philosophy exam was a piece of cake… which was a bit of a surprise, actually, because I was expecting some questions on a sheet of paper.

Son, looks to me like you’re spending too much time on one subject.

college basketball coach

The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.

(1888 – 1964) American folklorist, writer & newspaper columnist

If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

Never let your studies interfere with your education.

If, while you are in school, there is a shortage of qualified personnel in a particular field, then by the time you graduate with the necessary qualifications, that field's employment is glutted.


I failed math so many times in school, I can’t even count.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

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

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

(1922 – 2007) American novelist

Describing her first day back in grade school after a long absence, a teacher said, it was like trying to hold 35 corks under water at the same time.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

I hated Geography… because it’s just like History… except without people and dates.

(1956 – ) American entertainer & comedian

My recipe for bad grades: don't study.

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

My father wanted me to have all the educational opportunities he never had… so he sent me to a girls school.

(1975 – ) American stand-up comedian & television host

A statesman is any politician it’s considered safe to name a school after.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

In your toughest final – for the first time all year – the most distractingly attractive student in the class will sit next to you.