Concerned Quote by Mary Augusta Ward

I wasted so many years in my youth.

— Rob Liefeld

My mom told me as a youngster I was always intellectual, like as far as being able to adapt fast and quick. But I…

— Chris Brown

I left school at 15 feeling fairly useless and not really up to scratch in my education. And I still suffer sometimes from that…

— Pierce Brosnan

I've gotten smarter with my training through the years.

— Dan Henderson

I never took a lesson until I was 20, and I'm glad I had those years living the life of a normal person. I…

— Glenn Tipton

Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I don't think that it makes you less of…

— Michelle Rodriguez

Learning has to come from doing, not intellectualizing.

— Derrick Jensen

Too many years away from academia renders you pretty incompetent at research and teaching. So I had to go back.

— Raghuram Rajan

When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded…

— Mark Twain

When I came back from the military and completed a 4-year degree in 2 1/2 years, I developed the extraordinary habits needed to get…

— Dan Pena

When I look at my own career, growing up, I was doing really well at age 11, but it was kind of isolating because…

— Michelle Kwan

I was only fifteen when I finished my high-school studies, always having held first rank in my class. The fatigue of growth and study…

— Marie Curie