--- title: "16 College People Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 16 College People quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best College People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/bill-cartwright-87686_athlete_i-remember-when-i-was-in-college-people_1946222.png" --- > [I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cartwright/i-remember-when-i-was-in-college-people-told-me-i-couldn-t-play-in/) [Bill Cartwright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cartwright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/bill-cartwright-87686_athlete_i-remember-when-i-was-in-college-people_1946222.png) > [New York is a highly educated city. People who are educated generally go to college. People who go to college who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-cowherd/new-york-is-a-highly-educated-city-people-who-are-educated-generally/) [Colin Cowherd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-cowherd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/colin-cowherd-4919_city_new-york-is-a-highly-educated-city-peopl_302185.jpg) > [In college, most people I knew were living in the dorms, and I wasn't, so I didn't have many friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-gutowski/in-college-most-people-i-knew-were-living-in-the-dorms-and-i-wasn-t/) [Eva Gutowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-gutowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/eva-gutowski-15379_college_in-college-most-people-i-knew-were-livin_857241.jpg) > [“My mistake was assuming that when I got to college, people would not be such assholes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-echols/my-mistake-was-assuming-that-when-i-got-to-college-people-would-not/) [Jennifer Echols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-echols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f11/jennifer-echols-943_assuming_my-mistake-was-assuming-that-when-i-got_2026568.png) > [“Next year at this time, we're going to be hanging out with some new bunch of friends we met at college. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-von-ziegesar/next-year-at-this-time-we-re-going-to-be-hanging-out-with-some-new/) [Cecily von Ziegesar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-von-ziegesar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/cecily-von-ziegesar-7737_friends_next-year-at-this-time-we-re-going-to-be_2335921.jpg) > [Back when I was in college, people used to talk about the alienation of the artist, not ever quite fitting in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/back-when-i-was-in-college-people-used-to-talk-about-the-alienation/) [Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c22/marilyn-nelson-35815_about_back-when-i-was-in-college-people-used-t_2324172.png) > [College wasn't like the real world. In the real world people dropped names based on their renown. In college, people dropped names…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/college-wasn-t-like-the-real-world-in-the-real-world-people-dropped/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/jeffrey-eugenides-462_college_college-wasn-t-like-the-real-world-in-th_2121733.png) > [When I was a kid, and it was time to go to college, I thought, 'College is for people who don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/when-i-was-a-kid-and-it-was-time-to-go-to-college-i-thought-college/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/flea-8470_band_when-i-was-a-kid-and-it-was-time-to-go-t_2483144.jpg) > [I've got my feet firmly on the ground, I can't see life changing too much. I reckon more girls will talk to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gareth-gates/i-ve-got-my-feet-firmly-on-the-ground-i-can-t-see-life-changing-too/) [Gareth Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gareth-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/gareth-gates-16580_college_i-ve-got-my-feet-firmly-on-the-ground-i_1597710.png) > [We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kate-olsen/we-kinda-look-at-this-as-the-second-or-third-chapter-of-our-lives/) [Mary-Kate Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kate-olsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3aa/mary-kate-olsen-9174_business_we-kinda-look-at-this-as-the-second-or-t_2321685.jpg) > [I always found it interesting when you went off to college, people would talk about how you go and search for your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-lin/i-always-found-it-interesting-when-you-went-off-to-college-people/) [Justin Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-lin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/537/justin-lin-4717_go_i-always-found-it-interesting-when-you-w_1555435.jpg) > [I would go to college and people would know me from the rave they went to at the weekend. So I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/i-would-go-to-college-and-people-would-know-me-from-the-rave-they/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/kano-5686_mother_i-would-go-to-college-and-people-would-k_1936884.jpg) > [A lot of students who are 18 or 19 go to college partly for the social aspect of it. At the community…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-biden/a-lot-of-students-who-are-18-or-19-go-to-college-partly-for-the/) [Jill Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-biden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/jill-biden-4577_college_a-lot-of-students-who-are-18-or-19-go-to_41372.png) > [“If there were some adventurous young people who were so smart they wouldn't like the strict policies of the religious orders, couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-z-colby/if-there-were-some-adventurous-young-people-who-were-so-smart-they/) [J.Z. Colby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-z-colby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/j-z-colby-27619_slaves_if-there-were-some-adventurous-young-peo_2815407.jpg) > [“Japhy was considered an eccentric around the campus, which is the usual thing for campuses and college people to think whenever a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/japhy-was-considered-an-eccentric-around-the-campus-which-is-the/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b60/jack-kerouac-182_civilization_japhy-was-considered-an-eccentric-around_1552942.jpg) > [“Japhy and I were kind of outlandish-looking on the campus in our old clothes in fact Japhy was considered an eccentric around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/japhy-and-i-were-kind-of-outlandish-looking-on-the-campus-in-our-old/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcd/jack-kerouac-182_education_japhy-and-i-were-kind-of-outlandish-look_2655762.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/college-people/#itemlist", "name": "College People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. 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