You might be a redneck if your father encourages you to quit school because Larry has an opening on the lube rack. — Jeff Foxworthy Copy Share Image
In high school, I didn't have to talk. All I had to say is 'left' or 'right' when a screen was coming. — Andre Drummond Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I used to pray about whoever my future spouse was going to be. — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
Washington flourished but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered, but the jobs left Americans want great schools for… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Growing up in Flint, Michigan, I saw so many kids from my school end up in jail or unemployed, and gangs would… — Claressa Shields Copy Share Image
I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton. — Damian Marley Copy Share Image
I started painting at 17; I took a class at Brentwood Art Center. I thought about art school - but I'm just… — Carly Chaikin Copy Share Image
There are so many reasons to support girls' education. It's one of the single biggest protective factors. When a girl is in… — Stephanie Sinclair Copy Share Image
Well, my closest friends are still the ones that I went to school with, but it's nice to go to work, at… — Tom Felton Copy Share Image
When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is… — Lynn Johnston Copy Share Image
At school there were some programs in music. I did take piano lessons, and we had a piano at home. I got… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
Every ethnic group has a mythology... Until 'Roots'... there was nothing in the popular culture to refute the paragraph in elementary school… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
My parents weren't keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
I grew up in Iowa, so I would go hunting. I took a hunter's safety course in eighth grade to get extra… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
I never like to put myself in the stories; in 'Lost in the City,' there are fourteen stories, and there's only one,… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
I moved from Minnesota to Las Vegas when I was 13, so I spent my high school years there and did some… — Beth Riesgraf Copy Share Image
As a kid, I loved to dress up as Ian Dury and run around hitting people with drumsticks. Members of my family,… — Eliot Sumner Copy Share Image
Parents have railed against shelters near schools, but no one has made any connection between the crazed consumerism of our kids and… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
It's not like most people read anymore. Well, not unless the book has a wizard school or a hot vampire. And, as… — Janette Rallison Copy Share Image
Our approach to education has remained largely unchanged since the Renaissance: From middle school through college, most teaching is done by an… — Daphne Koller Copy Share Image
I took organic chemistry, and I got my first-ever F. I ended up going to summer school, and the whole time, I'm… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
By the end of high school, I had this fork-in-the-road moment where part of me considered going to vocational music school to… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
When you tell people you're in history, they give you this pained expression because that was the course they hated in high… — Robert Darnton Copy Share Image
A generation earlier, I think that somebody from my background probably would not have felt fully comfortable at a college like Princeton.… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
I have been a frequent air traveler since I was a few months shy of my sixth birthday, when my parents packed… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
I think we have to be more proactive in the people we invite to come and speak in school. — Mark Schlissel Copy Share Image
At school I was lazy. But I started working when I was 15, washing dishes at a local truck stop restaurant. I… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
The biggest obstacle facing girls is education, education, education. There are too many kids who think high school is a pit stop… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I believe that there should be transparency in pricing, that schools should provide information on what majors translate to what salary outcomes,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I… — Dan Castellaneta Copy Share Image
I don't believe most kids enjoy school at all, and that's a shameful waste, considering how curious and excited kids are to… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
I remember there was a little organ which I'd tap my fingers on all the time. My interest in the instrument was… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
It was not until the end of my freshman year in high school that I thought I could really have a future… — Allyson Felix Copy Share Image
I had always had a deep interest in social science, history. So even when I was in high school, I was debating,… — James Heckman Copy Share Image
Seeing my family have it all took the place of that desire for diplomas on the wall — Drake Copy Share Image
I started playing music around 13 or 14, played jazz in high school, and played other stuff in college. After college, I… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
Our freedom is also incomplete, dear compatriots, as long as we are denied our security by criminals who prey on our communities,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Mayer Hawthorne's old school pop-R&B homages are so meticulous that it's tempting to overrate his pipes. — Chuck Eddy Copy Share Image
I was really bored and unhappy in school, and I used to act out and do horrible things. — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
