No longer a mark of distinction or proof of achievement, a college education is these days a mere rite of passage, a… — William A. Henry III Copy Share Image
When you grow up in Chicago, your whole family is counting on you to go to college and do something distinguished. The… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I barely slept during high school because I was too busy dancing and acting all the time. The plan was to go… — Rachele Brooke Smith Copy Share Image
I went through college while working a full-time manual-labor job, and I don't regret a minute of it; it was a great… — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Since most American students cannot simply pay their full tuition out of pocket, financing a college education often takes the form of… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's hard to listen to new music and get motivated, because it's elementary to me - no disrespect to new artists,… — DJ Quik Copy Share Image
While travelling in local trains during my college days, I have also faced this. I pushed and shouted at men trying to… — Ishita Dutta Copy Share Image
I was a 36C or D, and at 5' 1'', I knew that being a small person with big boobs standing in… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
One of my greatest sources of pride as president of the New York Public Library is the continuance of the library's open,… — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
I never gave up. I never quit. I've been a leader all my life, from elementary school to president of my class… — Jenifer Lewis Copy Share Image
I moved back home after graduating from Virginia Tech. And that's when reality hit. I knew I had to do something. I… — Adam Page Copy Share Image
In America, we then made a commitment, particularly after World War II with the GI Bill, to massively expand our commitment to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm a war baby: I was brought up with rationing, and my parents always had to struggle. I remember when I was… — Cameron Mackintosh Copy Share Image
Leonardo Dicaprio didn't change his name, Emilio Estevez didn't change his name. But every case is different. I only have one reference… — James Roday Copy Share Image
The Reverend Douglas Wilson may not be a professional historian, as his detractors say, but he has a strong grasp of the… — Eugene Genovese Copy Share Image
I didn't dream about being a director. I didn't know I wanted to do something with film until the summer between my… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Back when I was in college, people used to talk about the alienation of the artist, not ever quite fitting in any… — Marilyn Nelson Copy Share Image
Solitude is not measured by the miles of space that intervene between a man and his fellows. The really diligent student in… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I went to Goldsmith College of Art in London in the '80s and there I made sculptures, but the objects had nothing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We need university education in Fiji and must seriously think about starting post secondary education in Fiji. In the near future we… — A. D. Patel Copy Share Image
However, because they have no actual interests of their own (or if they do, they squelch them in order to fit in)… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
When I was in school, my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale College and Yale… — Angela Bassett Copy Share Image
To be sure, nothing is more important to the integrity of the universities . . . than a rigorously enforced divorce from… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
I started playing drums in multiple bands, then became a wedding drummer while studying drums in college, and after became a touring… — G Flip Copy Share Image
I'd probably say my biggest yo-yo was when I was finishing up my senior year of college. I lost about 100 pounds… — Al Roker Copy Share Image
I had no idea where these kids at a small private college in the San Fernando Valley were coming from, why they… — David Antin Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a writer, and I did want to be a novelist. In college I took a couple of… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
My goal growing up was to write a book. That's why I studied English and creative writing in college, and that is… — Lauren Ridloff Copy Share Image
People say high school is about getting an education and getting into a good college to succeed in life. Well, to me,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Because I also teach college, I am around a lot of young women who are just starting out, and I often see… — Liza Johnson Copy Share Image
Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat… — Alessandro Nivola Copy Share Image
When I think about what part of my college experience came back in my work experience, I feel like it was learning… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I want to invest in community colleges, training programs, and high-quality apprenticeships that help people gain the skills they need for the… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Only when I began studying chemical engineering at Oregon Agricultural College did I realize that I myself might discover something new about… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
I'm from a family of teachers. My father would drown me in the bathtub if my daughter didn't graduate from college. I… — P. C. Cast Copy Share Image
Decomposition, for most, starts when they leave the free, social, and uncorrupted college life for the solitary confinement of professions and nuclear… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
I spent my first two years at a small all-male college in Virginia called Hampden-Sydney. That was like going to college 120… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I wasn't a smart kid and I still don't think I'm too smart when it comes to book smart, but I was… — Criss Angel Copy Share Image
I remember coming to this college in the 1960s as a new legislator when a road divided the campus - and it… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
