Subject: Education » School (Page 2)

Hedda Hopper: How do you know so much about men?

West: Baby, I went to night school.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

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

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

I never did very well in math – I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn’t meant my answers literally.

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist

You never catch on until after the test.

As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools.

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

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

You might be a redneck if… your dad walks you to school because you’re in the same grade.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universities attached.

(1938 – ) journalist, columnist (Miss Manners)

When I was recruited at Auburn, they took me to a strip joint; when I saw those titties on Buffy, I knew that Auburn met my academic requirements.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

Interviewer: Auburn is a pretty good school; to graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Christ, seven years of college, down the drain.

(1949 – 1982) American comedian, actor & musician

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

(1956 – ) American entertainer & comedian

Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers; my opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them.


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

All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

She was old too, when she went to school they didn’t have history.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Anatomy: A class that sounds vaguely risqué until you find out what it really involves.

When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important will be illegible.

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

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