When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles… — Patricia Cornwell Copy Share Image
The heads of leading American universities say that if they selected applicants based on grades alone, their student bodies would be 100… — Paul Achleitner Copy Share Image
Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
My dad had an eighth grade education, and everything that he did in his life was just stuff that he went out… — Mitch Pileggi Copy Share Image
This is my saddest story: In grade school, they would have us open our Valentine's cards and read them out loud. I… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
I kept up top grades, and by senior year, a flow of mailed college recruiting brochures accumulated into an avalanche on our… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
If you let him go and he doesn't come back to you, he wasn't yours to begin with. It's a lesson learned… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
I spent most of high school working on the debate team, probably at some expense to my grades. Being a member of… — David Einhorn Copy Share Image
I grew up thinking that because I couldn't read, I was stupid and would never amount to anything. I worked my way… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
I've been able to dine with presidents, with leaders of corporations, traveled for 14 years with (financier and philanthropist) Michael Milken, who… — Tommy Lasorda Copy Share Image
I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals,… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
From the 5th grade through the 4th year of college, our young people are being indoctrinated with a Marxist philosophy and I… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
My friend and I were up to all sorts of shenanigans at school. But one time it ended up disrupting the whole… — Arj Barker Copy Share Image
I blame it [never taking a break] on my mother. She was a born entertainer. Leave the songwriting, the singing and all… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
I listened to my first comedy album in 6th grade. It was Bill Cosby. My brother and I would play it over… — Felipe Esparza Copy Share Image
You know, the old version was about balancing a checkbook. The new version is about the risks of debt, which is so… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
I was bullied in first grade, and it's definitely not fun. But always tell somebody instead of holding it in. Communicate with… — Leo Howard Copy Share Image
Hey anyone who thinks a non-military–grade rappelling cable can support the weight of two grown men and a miniature donkey deserves to… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one… — George Sand Copy Share Image
I would not call myself Catholic anymore, but I went to 16 years of Catholic school: grade school, high school and college. — William Mapother Copy Share Image
A fourth-grade reader may be a sixth-grade mathematician. The grade is an administrative device which does violence to the nature of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I didnt really grow up a comic book fanatic. I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third… — Alan Ritchson Copy Share Image
It may sound lame, but I've been journaling since I was in third grade. I love it! It makes me feel calm… — Brittany Snow Copy Share Image
I do not admit... that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America, or the black people of… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I tell my AAU kids all the time how important it is to get good grades, go to college, get your degree… — George Hill Copy Share Image
I've been doing the academic side of music and the rock side of music in conjunction, basically, since I was in fourth… — Glenn Kotche Copy Share Image
My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, commuting by bicycle about 5 miles… — Vernon L. Smith Copy Share Image
I started drawing in first grade. Because the kid next to me was drawing, and I remember thinking: I want to be… — Dan Povenmire Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a fifth grade teacher because my teacher was so important to me and was giving me the education… — Steve Wozniak Copy Share Image
My mother started taking us to church when I was in seventh or eight grade. That was always a question, Do you… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I could hear music playing in the background of works by certain authors, like Poe and Shakespeare. And I discovered Nikki Giovanni… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I know a lot of famous people didn't do well at school, like James Brown; he dropped out in fifth grade to… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
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My teacher in first grade said that long ago people used to believe all kinds of things, because they didn't know any… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Little children can learn anything, just as they can learn a foreign language. The mind is so absorbent then. There ought to… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
I think the greatest gift we can give our children is the experience of deep quiet. If we don’t help our children… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I didn't think I was good at anything, didn't do well in school. And then in the third grade, I was going… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
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