City Quote by Herta Muller

There were no good schools in my village. So my family moved so that my siblings and I would get a better education.

— Nirmal Purja

At a very young age, my beloved mother passed away from leukemia, forcing my father to become a single dad. Rather than coddle me,…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

My grandmother wanted me to get a good education, so she kept me as far away from schools as possible.

— Margaret Mead

I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to…

— Sigrid Undset

My mother and her plans for my future. She had it all worked out. I would attend a nice college, then get a job…

— George Carlin

When I was seven and told my mom, 'I'm gonna be a writer,' she said, 'Oh, that's a terrible idea. You'll live in misery…

— Stephen Gaghan

At primary school, nursery school, going way back, where my education was difficult, so my mum had to fight to make it accessible for…

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

I had great schooling, and my parents were always in front of me, or next to me, or behind me, making sure I had…

— Marcus Samuelsson

My grandmother passed away before I could get to know her. She had an interest in films and writing. She wrote two novels under…

— Richa Chadha

As a teenager, I felt so hemmed in and trapped, both by the place I lived and the expectations others had about school, college,…

— Sabaa Tahir

I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my father had done. I was afraid I had inherited…

— Mavis Gallant

As a little girl growing up in the Deep South, my mother told me that my future lay in my education. And she was…

— Kimberly Bryant