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School Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring…
- School teachers, taking them by and large, are probably the most ignorant and stupid class of men in the whole group of mental workers.
- A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
- School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances,…
- School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence.
- I know a good many men of great learning-that is, men born with an extraordinary eagerness and capacity to acquire knowledge. One and all, they…
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- The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — Aristotle
- School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice? — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in Spanish. I'd… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people 'the cops.' But you know, sometimes, you've just… — Dave Attell
- When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. — Chinua Achebe
- When I was 16, I started publishing all kinds of things in school magazines. — Margaret Atwood
- Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But many in… — Margaret Atwood
- I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild child in… — Margaret Atwood
- Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day. — John James Audubon
- Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful. — Diane Ackerman
- I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter… — Dan Aykroyd
- When I was in middle school, some of my so-called friends found a catalogue ad I did for Superman pajamas. They made… — Jensen Ackles