Grades Quotes

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In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had… — Bruce Springsteen
Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's… — Ben Stein
I don't believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money. — Ben Stein
I was born in Patterson, New Jersey, and raised pretty much all around the country. My family tended to move from place to place following… — J. Michael Straczynski
I created my MySpace page in eighth grade, because that's how all my friends talked to each other, so I made one, too. Then, all… — Taylor Swift
My mother passed when I was in the third grade, my father when I was in the seventh, and that's when I was shipped to… — Ice T
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal. — Clarence Thomas
I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics,… — Lewis Thomas
I played football in the ninth and 10th grade. I looked a lot like Joe Namath, so I think my looks got me there more… — John Travolta
When red-haired people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn. — Mark Twain
I think that anybody that stays in school, gets good grades, pays the price, I think we are wealthy enough in the public and the… — J C Watts
We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school. — Evelyn Waugh
I didn't think the teachers had the right to tell me what to do. I would just disobey, talk in the classroom, get very bad… — Rachel Weisz
I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and then my high-school years were in Rochester, New York. — Kristen Wiig
Brian was the oldest, I was in the middle and Carl was the baby. I was the troublemaker. Brian got great grades and Carl got… — Dennis Wilson
Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and… — P.G. Wodehouse
I paint; I draw and paint - I've been doing that since I was in third grade, drawing realistically and then changing to abstract art.… — Steven Wright
I got my first computer in the 6th grade or so. As soon as I got it, I was interested in finding out how it… — Mark Zuckerberg
I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school. — Chris Hardwick

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