I flunked out that semester, but I got my money's worth…

My first semester, I got a D in creative writing.

— Conrad Hall

I was pre-med for a semester, and then I got a C- in organic chemistry and was washed out of that program. Then I…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

I shot him the bird. (Get it? I shot him the—never mind.)

— James Patterson

“In case of attack, this completely inadequate load of bird shot will make a loud noise, if nothing else.”

— Paulette Jiles

“Come on, T-Bird," he said, getting to his feet and reaching for her hand. He hoisted her up onto her feet whether she wanted…

— Aurelia B Rowl

I can't understand why I flunked American history. When I was a kid there was so little of it.

— George Burns

Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked geography.

— Robert Byrne

I flunked three grades before I got out of high school.

— Stephen J. Cannell

I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for…

— Bruce Jenner

Instead of studying for finals, what about just going to the Bahamas and catching some rays? Maybe you'll flunk, but you might have flunked…

— Jack Handey

I got kicked out of high school, went to 3 different high schools and summer school and extra night school just so I could…

— Marisol Nichols

I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond…

— Frank Sinatra

“I flunked out of mime school. I could never hear what the instructor was saying!!!”

— Neil Leckman

My first degree came years before my second. I had wanted to be a physicist, but I flunked calculus.

— Elizabeth Moon

I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I…

— Jack Ma