--- title: "17 Chalkboard Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Chalkboard quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Chalkboard sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/becca-fitzpatrick-321_chalkboard_it-was-a-smile-that-spelled-trouble-with_2316387.png" --- > [“It was a smile that spelled trouble. With a promise. I focused on the chalkboard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/becca-fitzpatrick/it-was-a-smile-that-spelled-trouble-with-a-promise-i-focused-on-the/) [Becca Fitzpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/becca-fitzpatrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/becca-fitzpatrick-321_chalkboard_it-was-a-smile-that-spelled-trouble-with_2316387.png) > [I can't stand the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-jackman/i-can-t-stand-the-sound-of-fingernails-on-a-chalkboard/) [Hugh Jackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-jackman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/hugh-jackman-1847_chalkboards_i-can-t-stand-the-sound-of-fingernails-o_2144985.jpg) > [By the way, I'm not just one man with a chalkboard. I'm one man with four chalkboards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-beck/by-the-way-i-m-not-just-one-man-with-a-chalkboard-i-m-one-man-with/) [Glenn Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f1/glenn-beck-872_chalkboards_by-the-way-i-m-not-just-one-man-with-a-c_731982.png) > [“His laugh was like nails to a chalkboard. "I cannot remember a time when anything was new to me. I only ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diantha-jones/his-laugh-was-like-nails-to-a-chalkboard-i-cannot-remember-a-time/) [Diantha Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diantha-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/diantha-jones-232831_tattered_his-laugh-was-like-nails-to-a-chalkboard_3010217.jpg) > [“On the chalkboard was another horrible but familiar sight. Someone had dipped his or her hand into a can of paint and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-buckley/on-the-chalkboard-was-another-horrible-but-familiar-sight-someone-had/) [Michael Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-buckley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/michael-buckley-6403_artist_on-the-chalkboard-was-another-horrible-b_743478.png) > [“Every day begins like a blank chalkboard, on which each one of us can write the poem of our present and our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-martin/every-day-begins-like-a-blank-chalkboard-on-which-each-one-of-us-can/) [Ricky Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/ricky-martin-1797_dreams_every-day-begins-like-a-blank-chalkboard_254410.png) > [My dream, dream acquisition would probably be a Twombly chalkboard. I've been fortunate to see one or two in a private context,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-gilkes/my-dream-dream-acquisition-would-probably-be-a-twombly-chalkboard-i/) [Alexander Gilkes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-gilkes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/alexander-gilkes-16519_dream_my-dream-dream-acquisition-would-probabl_1970388.jpg) > ["I am not just another notch on your belt?" she asked him. "Of course not." he said as he put a mark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-leno/i-am-not-just-another-notch-on-your-belt-she-asked-him-of-course-not/) [Jay Leno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-leno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/jay-leno-210_belts_i-am-not-just-another-notch-on-your-belt_3143597.png) > [ \[A community chalkboard is\] about knowing you're not alone. It's about understanding our neighbors in new and enlightening ways. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candy-chang/a-community-chalkboard-is-about-knowing-you-re-not-alone-it-s-about/) [Candy Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candy-chang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/288/candy-chang-45643_chalkboards_a-community-chalkboard-is-about-knowing_2672415.png) > [Whenever I get distracted or bored, my eyes wander over to that chalkboard and I read the words. Some of them grow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/whenever-i-get-distracted-or-bored-my-eyes-wander-over-to-that/) [Neal Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-stephenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/neal-stephenson-362_aliens_whenever-i-get-distracted-or-bored-my-ey_1731136.png) > [I remember at school one day there was a vocabulary list on the chalkboard, and the word 'nonconformist' was on there, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/princess-nokia/i-remember-at-school-one-day-there-was-a-vocabulary-list-on-the/) [Princess Nokia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/princess-nokia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/princess-nokia-6747_day_i-remember-at-school-one-day-there-was-a_276842.jpg) > [“Here is a quote I used to post on the chalkboard once and a while for my students: Education is not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-cobbett/here-is-a-quote-i-used-to-post-on-the-chalkboard-once-and-a-while-for/) [Miles Cobbett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-cobbett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/miles-cobbett-263565_quote_here-is-a-quote-i-used-to-post-on-the-ch_1203230.jpg) > [“I’m a chalkboard that’s been erased over and over again until there’s nothing left but a haze of white dust. Before this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-mccarry/i-m-a-chalkboard-that-s-been-erased-over-and-over-again-until-there-s/) [Sarah McCarry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-mccarry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/sarah-mccarry-52406_inspirational_i-m-a-chalkboard-that-s-been-erased-over_1381882.jpg) > [I painted my pantry door with Rust-Oleum chalkboard paint months ago because I wanted my kitchen to look like a fancy pub.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sohla-el-waylly/i-painted-my-pantry-door-with-rust-oleum-chalkboard-paint-months-ago/) [Sohla El-Waylly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sohla-el-waylly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d61/sohla-el-waylly-6583_daily_i-painted-my-pantry-door-with-rust-oleum_385461.jpg) > [In the room where I work, I have a chalkboard, and as I'm going along, I write the made-up words on it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/in-the-room-where-i-work-i-have-a-chalkboard-and-as-i-m-going-along-i/) [Neal Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-stephenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/neal-stephenson-362_chalkboards_in-the-room-where-i-work-i-have-a-chalkb_2914834.png) > [“It had maroon paint and exposed brick and scarred wood, and a chalkboard menu about ninety percent full of things that don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/it-had-maroon-paint-and-exposed-brick-and-scarred-wood-and-a/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/lee-child-980_dairy-products_it-had-maroon-paint-and-exposed-brick-an_57815.jpg) > [“When I open the door, Baz is wheeling an old-fashioned chalkboard in front of our beds. “Where did that come from?” I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/when-i-open-the-door-baz-is-wheeling-an-old-fashioned-chalkboard-in/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/rainbow-rowell-135_carry-on_when-i-open-the-door-baz-is-wheeling-an_2027263.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chalkboard/#itemlist", "name": "Chalkboard Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was a smile that spelled trouble. 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