College Quotes · Page 81

I had no choice but to work hard. I was a straight-A student, went to college, and I loved business. I never…

— Jenni Rivera

The '80s were a time of technical wonder in filmmaking; unfortunately, some colleges didn't integrate their film and theater departments - so…

— Eric Stoltz

Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes…

— Ursula Burns

You must treat the days respectfully, you must be a day yourself, and not interrogate it like a college professor.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In college, I totally took to rock. I played drums and sang with a band.

— KK

I like to use my hands. When I was in theatre in college, that was one of my biggest notes: 'You use…

— Susan Sullivan

In my teens I fancied myself an artist; I hung out with the eccentric art teacher at my high school, painted still…

— Christina Baker Kline

I enjoyed mathematics from a very young age. At the beginning of college, I had this illusion, which was kind of silly…

— Erez Lieberman Aiden

I grew up on hip-hop. I grew up on Run-D.M.C., Whodini, LL when I was in college, so I'm more of a…

— Stuart Scott

I don't remember writing anything until I wrote my college application.

— Tony Gilroy

I would say, don't smoke. I'm kidding, but yeah, I did smoke in college and as a young actor and it's stupid.

— Meryl Streep

Pick up any newspaper in the morning. Count the words in the lead sentences. There will be at least 25 in all…

— Jimmy Breslin

I grew up in San Francisco, and I trained as a ballet dancer until college.

— Chloe Benjamin

I would have been an artist, because I studied art and history in school and college.

— Gauri Khan

I believe that if we have to pay 100 percent for our college tuition, and then we get into the workplace, and…

— Pam Grier

I don't have any degrees. I went to Hunter College one year and New York University another year. It's just on the…

— Grace Paley

Of all tools, an observatory is the most sublime. . . . What is so good in a college as an observatory?…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

When I was in college, I studied business because I thought I wanted to be a director and producer.

— Manish Dayal

In my college years, I worked as a union labor organizer. I was just one of the many workers trying to do…

— Jimmy Smits

I was in college, but I got kicked out. It was a very free school, but I created a "bad impression." Like…

— Steve Winwood

I thought my early attempts at cooking tofu went well, but, in hindsight, I realize that's because I was cooking for hungry,…

— Chris Morocco

It's always exciting to have a guy you played with in college as a teammate in the NFL.

— Devin McCourty

The same day I was supposed to go to college, I ended up hitting the studio and then poppin' out on the…

— Polo G

First off, the jump sometimes from a successful college head coach to an NFL head coach is larger than you think. It…

— Sean Payton

“When I worked in astronomy, I routinely observed young college and university students working with liquid nitrogen and breathing nitrogen gas as…

— Steven Magee

“In the wasteland of metro Boston, at thirteen, fourteen, his big dream had been of a gun to his own head, putting…

— Garth Risk Hallberg

I'm more interested in moving toward writing stories - thinking about the graphic novel form, and just something more long-form. I did…

— Chitra Ganesh

I'm sorry I ever invented the Electoral College.

— Al Gore

When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an actor. I actually studied acting when I was at…

— Tom Ford

In other words, the hidden subsidies [designed to help individuals seeking college degrees] are not helping those who most need help in…

— Sarah Jaffe

I think, especially when you're in college, each book that you're reading tends to tell you who you are.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I was trying to get out of the night clubs and was thinking maybe I'll go to the colleges now; that's where…

— George Carlin

These ivy league students are in the upper echelon of the college boards and had great opportunity in front of them regardless…

— Michael N. Castle

I didn't pay a lot of attention as I should have in college.

— Dan Quayle

I can assure everyone that there is no academic fraud as it relates to my college transcript. I took every course with…

— Julius Peppers

I started D.J.-ing my first year of college just for fun and to pay bills.

— Harley Viera-Newton

In college you could say 'Coach, let's go to zone,' when you're tired.

— Rasheed Wallace

The Hillary Clinton story basically is this. And see how similar this sounds to the old days before the modern era of…

— Rush Limbaugh

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

— Constance Baker Motley

Decide that you like college life. In your dorm you meet many nice people. Some are smarter than you. And some, you…

— Lorrie Moore