--- title: "12 Goes College Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Goes College quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Goes College sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/nithya-menen-8653_anything_nobody-goes-to-college-and-learns-anythi_1947321.jpg" --- > [Nobody goes to college and learns anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nithya-menen/nobody-goes-to-college-and-learns-anything/) [Nithya Menen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nithya-menen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/nithya-menen-8653_anything_nobody-goes-to-college-and-learns-anythi_1947321.jpg) > [Education is being redefined at the demand of the uneducated to suit the ideas of the uneducated. The student now goes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spiro-t-agnew/education-is-being-redefined-at-the-demand-of-the-uneducated-to-suit/) [Spiro T. Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spiro-t-agnew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/spiro-t-agnew-12707_college_education-is-being-redefined-at-the-dema_2956739.jpg) > [Every American college student goes to college with a hard drive. They take their laptop. There's not a CD player in sight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/every-american-college-student-goes-to-college-with-a-hard-drive-they/) [Jonny Greenwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonny-greenwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/jonny-greenwood-11379_cds_every-american-college-student-goes-to-c_701879.jpg) > [Like anyone who goes to college, you're leaving a familiar surrounding and a comfortable environment and your friends and everything, and you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-biggs/like-anyone-who-goes-to-college-you-re-leaving-a-familiar-surrounding/) [Jason Biggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-biggs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/jason-biggs-14907_college_like-anyone-who-goes-to-college-you-re-l_1760643.png) > [“in college there is no time to commune with one’s thoughts. One goes to college to learn, it seems, not to think.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-keller/in-college-there-is-no-time-to-commune-with-one-s-thoughts-one-goes/) [Helen Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/helen-keller-429_education_in-college-there-is-no-time-to-commune-w_704952.png) > [If a student believes that taking too many exams is hard or skipping advanced courses for a lighter load is a better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-schlapp/if-a-student-believes-that-taking-too-many-exams-is-hard-or-skipping/) [Mercedes Schlapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-schlapp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/mercedes-schlapp-5906_better_if-a-student-believes-that-taking-too-ma_238610.jpg) > [I had a difficult time hearing my own inner voice about what I wanted to be in this life, because there were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-costner/i-had-a-difficult-time-hearing-my-own-inner-voice-about-what-i-wanted/) [Kevin Costner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-costner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/kevin-costner-2386_college_i-had-a-difficult-time-hearing-my-own-in_1308466.jpg) > [There's so much information now, and that even goes down to the college game. You have so much video, you can watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-scherzer/there-s-so-much-information-now-and-that-even-goes-down-to-the/) [Max Scherzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-scherzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/max-scherzer-4842_educated_there-s-so-much-information-now-and-that_3190006.png) > [The student now goes to college to proclaim rather than to learn. A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spiro-t-agnew/the-student-now-goes-to-college-to-proclaim-rather-than-to-learn-a/) [Spiro T. Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spiro-t-agnew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/spiro-t-agnew-12707_college_the-student-now-goes-to-college-to-procl_188675.jpg) > [“bar, drinking beer. Jim turns to Bob and says, "You know, I'm tired of going through life without an education. Tomorrow, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/various/bar-drinking-beer-jim-turns-to-bob-and-says-you-know-i-m-tired-of/) [Various](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/various/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/various-1467_drinking-beer_bar-drinking-beer-jim-turns-to-bob-and-s_937166.jpg) > [“A Christian goes to college to discover his vocation - and to develop skills necessary to occupy a section of cultural, intellectual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jp-morelands/a-christian-goes-to-college-to-discover-his-vocation-and-to-develop/) [JP Morelands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jp-morelands/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/jp-morelands-250769_christian_a-christian-goes-to-college-to-discover_2806815.jpg) > [“Two Texas farmers, Jim and Bob, are sitting at the bar, drinking beer. Jim turns to Bob and says, "You know, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/various/two-texas-farmers-jim-and-bob-are-sitting-at-the-bar-drinking-beer/) [Various](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/various/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/various-1467_drinking-beer_two-texas-farmers-jim-and-bob-are-sittin_2557669.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goes-college/#itemlist", "name": "Goes College Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nobody goes to college and learns anything.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nithya Menen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nithya-menen/nobody-goes-to-college-and-learns-anything/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/nithya-menen-8653_anything_nobody-goes-to-college-and-learns-anythi_1947321.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/nithya-menen-8653_anything_nobody-goes-to-college-and-learns-anythi_1947321.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/nithya-menen-8653_anything_nobody-goes-to-college-and-learns-anythi_1947321.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nobody goes to college and learns anything.” — Nithya Menen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Education is being redefined at the demand of the uneducated to suit the ideas of the uneducated. 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You have so much video, you can watch every YouTube video of guys and mechanics, and so I just feel like the younger generation's more educated than ever before.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Max Scherzer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-scherzer/there-s-so-much-information-now-and-that-even-goes-down-to-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/max-scherzer-4842_educated_there-s-so-much-information-now-and-that_3190006.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/max-scherzer-4842_educated_there-s-so-much-information-now-and-that_3190006.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/max-scherzer-4842_educated_there-s-so-much-information-now-and-that_3190006.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's so much information now, and that even goes down to the college game. 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Agnew" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spiro-t-agnew/the-student-now-goes-to-college-to-proclaim-rather-than-to-learn-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/spiro-t-agnew-12707_college_the-student-now-goes-to-college-to-procl_188675.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/spiro-t-agnew-12707_college_the-student-now-goes-to-college-to-procl_188675.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/spiro-t-agnew-12707_college_the-student-now-goes-to-college-to-procl_188675.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The student now goes to college to proclaim rather than to learn. A spirit of national masochism prevails…” — Spiro T. Agnew", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“bar, drinking beer. Jim turns to Bob and says, \"You know, I'm tired of going through life without an education. Tomorrow, I think I'll go to the community college and sign up for some classes.\" The next day, Jim goes down to the college and meets the Dean of Admissions, who signs him up for the four basic classes: Math, English, History, and Logic. \"Logic?\" Jim says. \"What's that?\" The dean says, \"I'll give you an example. Do you own a weed eater?\" \"Yeah.\" \"Then logically speaking, because you own a weed eater, I presume you have a yard.\" \"That's true, I do have a yard.\" \"I'm not done,\" the dean says. \"Because you have a yard, I think that”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Various" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/various/bar-drinking-beer-jim-turns-to-bob-and-says-you-know-i-m-tired-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/various-1467_drinking-beer_bar-drinking-beer-jim-turns-to-bob-and-s_937166.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/various-1467_drinking-beer_bar-drinking-beer-jim-turns-to-bob-and-s_937166.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/various-1467_drinking-beer_bar-drinking-beer-jim-turns-to-bob-and-s_937166.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“bar, drinking beer. Jim turns to Bob and says, \"You know, I'm tired of going through life without an…” — Various", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A Christian goes to college to discover his vocation - and to develop skills necessary to occupy a section of cultural, intellectual domain in a manner worthy of the kingdom of God. A believer also goes to college to gain general information and habits of thought necessary for developing a well-structured soul suitable for a well-informed, good citizen of both earthly and heavenly kingdoms.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "JP Morelands" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jp-morelands/a-christian-goes-to-college-to-discover-his-vocation-and-to-develop/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/jp-morelands-250769_christian_a-christian-goes-to-college-to-discover_2806815.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/jp-morelands-250769_christian_a-christian-goes-to-college-to-discover_2806815.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/jp-morelands-250769_christian_a-christian-goes-to-college-to-discover_2806815.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A Christian goes to college to discover his vocation - and to develop skills necessary to occupy a section…” — JP Morelands", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Two Texas farmers, Jim and Bob, are sitting at the bar, drinking beer. Jim turns to Bob and says, \"You know, I'm tired of going through life without an education. Tomorrow, I think I'll go to the community college and sign up for some classes.\" The next day, Jim goes down to the college and meets the Dean of Admissions, who signs him up for the four basic classes: Math, English, History, and Logic. \"Logic?\" Jim says. \"What's that?\" The dean says, \"I'll give you an example. Do you own a weed eater?\" \"Yeah.\" \"Then logically speaking, because you own a weed eater, I presume you have a yard.\" \"That's true, I do have a yard.\" \"I'm not done,\" the dean says. \"Because you have a yard, I think that logically speaking, you have a house.\" \"Yes, I do have a house.\" \"And because you have a house, I think that you might logically have a family.\" \"Yes, I have a family.\" \"So, because you have a family, then logically you must have a wife. And because you have a wife, then logic tells me you must be a heterosexual.\" \"I am a heterosexual. That's amazing! You were able to find out all of that just because I have a weed eater.\" Excited to take the class, Jim shakes the dean's hand and leaves to go meet Bob at the bar. 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