Age Quote by Benjamin Franklin

I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to…

— Benjamin Franklin

When I was 13, I entered the seminary in the hope of becoming a priest. But I often found myself helping the nuns in…

— Joel Robuchon

My father was a trader and my mum was a teacher but she was laid to rest when I was 14, which was really…

— Kelechi Iheanacho

My parents were the first in our family to go to grammar school. My grandparents were in service.

— Sarah Waters

I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.

— Christopher Reeve

I was raised to work for my father when I was four.

— Jared Kushner

I grew up going to Catholic school and I was altar boy even going back to the days where the altar boys had to…

— Ernie Johnson Jr

My dad was in the service, so I went to 12 schools in 13 years.

— Jay Ellis

When we were in the seminary we got a stipend direct from the government and for that stipend we had an obligation to stick…

— Josef Albers

And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty…

— Thomas Keneally

That was my aspiration, so I was there in a seminary with just boys who were studying to be priests. Pretty rigorous schooling; we…

— Peter Jurasik

I wanted to be a priest when I was really young.

— Nicholas D'Agosto