Ass Quote by H. L. Mencken

The average schoolmaster is, and always must be, an ass.

— H. L. Mencken

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.

— Walter Bagehot

Why are we never quite at ease in the presence of a schoolmaster? Because we are conscious that he is not quite at his…

— Charles Lamb

God forgive me for having thought it possible that a schoolmaster could be out and out a rational being.

— Walter Scott

I am inclined to think that one's education has been in vain if one fails to learn that most schoolmasters are idiots.

— Hesketh Pearson

A good, very good, not to say admirable schoolmaster, but then he is only a schoolmaster.

— Henry George

I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then…

— Halton Arp

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

— William Congreve

Experience takes dreadfully high school-wages, but he teaches like no other.

— Thomas Carlyle

I always was very interested in intellect and the massive world of knowledge out there, but in terms of being a kid who wanted…

— Ezra Miller

I consider myself a reasonably intelligent guy. Made straight A's in high school (except for driver's ed and typing).

— Skip Bayless

Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on…

— Vikas Swarup