Grades Quotes

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On Facebook, your past comes into your present when someone from your second grade class suddenly pops up to send you a message, and your… — Douglas Rushkoff
They say the seeds of what we will do are in all of us, but it always seemed to me that in those who make… — Ernest Hemingway
She's in tenth grade,' he said. 'I hear she's been homeschooled till now.' Maybe that explains it,' I said. — Jerry Spinelli
The dilemma of the eighth-grade dance is that boys and girls use music in different ways. Girls enjoy music they can dance to, music with… — Rob Sheffield
I picked up one of the books and flipped through it. Don't get me wrong, I like reading. But some books should come with warning… — Laurie Halse Anderson
There would not be a perfect likeness of God in the universe if all things were of one grade of being. — Thomas Aquinas
But truth be told, I'm not as dour-looking as I would like. I'm stuck with this round, sweetie-pie face, tiny heart-shaped lips, the daintiest dimples,… — Sarah Vowell
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their… — Thomas Jefferson
You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D's in school. Well guess what,… — Bill Watterson
I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing… — Stanley Kubrick
My daughter is seven, and some of the other second-grade parents complain that their children don't read for pleasure. When I visit their homes, the… — Anne Fadiman
I forgive nothing. If you stole my orange crayon in the fifth grade, you're still on my hit list, buddy. — Jonathan Carroll
So top grade's O for 'Outstanding,'" Hermione was saying, "and then there's A-" "No, E," George corrected her, "E for 'Exceeds Expectations.' And I've always… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
My teacher in first grade said that long ago people used to believe all kinds of things, because they didn't know any better. Like you… — Jodi Picoult
I am embarrassed to admit what drew me to psychology. I didn't want to go to medical school. I was getting good grades in psychology… — Ram Dass
You know, sometimes I'll go to an 8th-grade graduation and there's all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I think to myself,… — Barack Obama
I want to be in fifth grade again. Now, that is a deep dark secret, almost as big as the other one. Fifth grade was… — Laurie Halse Anderson
It's Nathaniel Hawthorne Month in English. Poor Nathaniel. Does he know what they've done to him? We're reading The Scarlet Letter one sentence at a… — Laurie Halse Anderson
It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising… — George Sand
As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her. — Erma Bombeck

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