College Quote by Alan Shepard

Nothing was easy for us coming up. But we were rich in family.

— Johnny Van Zant

I was the first one in the family, on either side, to go to college - much less graduate school.

— Powers Boothe

I was the only kid out of six of us to go to college, primarily because my parents could not afford it.

— Terry J. Lundgren

In my family, there was one cardinal priority - education. College was not an option; it was mandatory. So even though we didn't have…

— Eva Longoria

My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

It was tough for my family. My father was working; my mother was working. Sometimes I was alone at home after leaving school.

— Lukas Podolski

Personally, I was oblivious to any financial hardships that my parents endured.

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

I had the kind of family where I was told it was my job to study. They would work out the finances.

— Alexander Acosta

I was first in my family to go to college.

— Joe Biden

Growing up, I didn't ever think I was going to go to college because, financially, my parents just couldn't handle it.

— Dawn Staley

Even when my parents were together, they both had to travel and work, and it wasn't like they had nine-to-five jobs. In that way,…

— Anonymous

It was a very hard life. As I got older, the family was depending very much on me. My two older brothers got married,…

— Martin Lel