Advantage Quote by Paul Smith

Being a teacher was very important to me.

— Karine Jean-Pierre

I was a difficult kid and a somewhat indifferent student but realized somehow that a new start at a good place, and far from…

— Michael Rosbash

It was hard for me, being in school. And nobody was there to tell me how important it was.

— Bill Cosby

When I was 17, I went to Brigham Young University. That was the first time I had set foot in a classroom.

— Tara Westover

Teaching in Providence and Oakland, I realized that the first thing is that it wasn't good enough to come in and assume that I…

— Pedro Noguera

My father was an important person, the director of the school. He could talk to anybody - simple or educated. He liked chess, fishing,…

— Svetlana Alexievich

I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the discipline which I received there from that one-room school were really very helpful…

— Alan Shepard

When I got a chance, I went back and shared those experiences that were important to me. George Washington High, the campus at San…

— Johnny Mathis

I was the daughter of teachers, so school was always very important. I liked it.

— Amy Poehler

The decision of where I wanted to go to school was very important to me.

— Joe Harris

As a child, I walked with my friends to Rosa Parks Elementary and then to Ben Franklin Middle School. I rode Muni to Galileo…

— London Breed

I was the first person to go to university from my family.

— Ellie Goulding