School Quotes · Page 86

I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an intellectual adventure.

— Steven Chu

I did a play in school. Then Dramsoc became the centre of my universe.

— Killian Scott

She was pondering the option of law school, the great American baby-sitter for directionless postgrads.

— John Grisham

I'm not nostalgic for my glory days in college. It was lame for me. Probably because I had no friends.

— Alex Honnold

New Kids On The Block were never my thing; my middle school crush was on Rob Van Winkle.

— Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

I'm even old-school Instagram. I'm here for your "What did you have to eat today?" I'm fine with that.

— Ted Leo

I fought fires in the summer, and then I went back and did it again when I went to graduate school.

— Matthew Desmond

I went to an all-boys high school, and they accepted girls in only the two A.P. classes.

— Lupita Nyong'o

When I was at school you never heard the word 'ADHD.' We didn't even hear 'dyslexic' at school. There was really nothing…

— Shaun Ryder

I got into Shakespeare and all of that stuff in high school and then got out of it because it got too…

— Ro James

Difference between school & life: In School, you learn your lesson & then get tested. In Life, you get tested & then learn your lesson.

— Farahjayne809

I was the No. 1 player in high school. I was a lottery player at Duke. I was player of the year…

— Austin Rivers

At 11, 12, I thought I was clumsy, ugly, a mess, an unappealing person, but I did have the gift of the…

— Simon Schama

I've always been a little different in the way I've done things, going to high school instead of a tennis academy when…

— Jack Sock

I'd like to do something for inner-city schools and education for young people because it's constantly being cut.

— Ansel Elgort

If you wants to get elected president, you'se got to think up some memoraboble homily so's school kids can be pestered into…

— Walt Kelly

I'm really into the rights of immigrants, the rights of the working poor. I'm one of those little activist types. I probably…

— Junot Diaz

The second child of a small farmer with six children, I come from a village in Bihar on the border of Nepal…

— Manoj Bajpayee

My parents went out of their way for me ever since I left school. When I was 15, I said to Mum,…

— Orianthi

School had two big influences on me. First, the racism I received - being called names and having eight people out to…

— Jay Blades

I just thought of a great theory that explains everything. When I went to that party, I was abducted by aliens. They…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

...we're in English class, which for most of us is an excruciating exercise in staying awake through the great classics of literature.…

— Libba Bray

“There is a tendency to imagine the loner ensconced in a dark corner, but in point of fact, as the resident loner…

— Wataru Watari

I believe that our society's "mistake-phobia" is crippling, a problem that begins in most elementary schools, where we learn to learn what…

— Ray Dalio

I think everybody should go to high school. It's horrible, and it unites you with other people.

— Tavi Gevinson

If you are stuck in your high school drama phase, I am dishing you out. Go away.

— Anonymous

Having a school really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine.

— Richard Rohr

In high school I would mess with my hair and makeup all the time.

— Selma Blair

First day of school: I'm actually gonna try this year! Next week: Yeah, no.

— Anonymous

Life is like a school; one can learn, one can graduate, one can skip a grade or stay behind.

— Elizabeth Lesser

At school I was sent for an IQ test every year to check that I was able to stay in mainstream education.

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

I thought that I wanted to be a cheerleader because I was one in middle school.

— Joan Allen

You know, I grew up in the East part of Germany so we never had English in school, we had to learn…

— Till Lindemann

I remember, as a young Catholic girl in high school, seeing 'The Exorcist,' and it scared the wits out of me.

— Ann Dowd

Life, I've learned, is never fair. If they teach anything in schools, that should be it.

— Nicholas Sparks

In school, I would run away whenever there was trouble, as I would get bullied a lot.

— Tiger Shroff

Teacher: I beautiful. What tense is this? Student: obviously past tense.

— Anonymous

The fact is, it wasn't enjoyable being in secondary school. I was a weird kid.

— Benjamin Clementine

I hate that weird stare you get when you walk back into the classroom after going to the bathroom.

— Anonymous

I was on the board at my children's school in Phoenix: I was Mr. Daddy Daycare.

— Grant Hill