Quotes about school
school pairs firsts
The first things I did when I got out of school in '65 was to buy a pair of Levis and pierce my ears. Mink Stole
school play people
There wasn't a big tradition of comedy at Dartmouth. More than that, there wasn't really anything artsy going on in Hanover, or even in New Hampshire. The cool thing about the school is that there's nothing for people to watch, so if you were to do a play or a sketch or an improv troupe, it was always packed. There's nowhere else for anyone to go. But there was no comedy. Mindy Kaling
school long gone
The chorus of “Jack and Diane” is: Oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone. Are you kidding me? The thrill of living was high school? Come on, Mr. Cougar Mellencamp. Get a life.
school kids writing
I was just this chubby little Indian kid who looked like a nerd. I didn't have a ton of academic skills. It wasn't until I was in high school that I was like, "I guess I like writing dialogue." So that's how I got into it.
school kids college
Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short plays were so accessible to younger people and I think that was inspirational to me.
school costumes obsessed
I was obsessed with being popular in high school and never achieved it. There's photos from our high school musicals, and I'm comically in the deep background, wearing a beggar's costume.
school turns business-school
I guess when you go to business school you never turn business off.
school way size
It’s about, when did it make sense to say one size fits everybody? It never ever ever made sense to do that, and yet we’re still selling education the same way we sold it when you and I were in high school. Mike Rowe
school acting said
Clark Gable once said to me, "'Acting school?' [If you go,] I'll kill ya!" Mickey Rooney
school kids two
I can see how weird I was. One day I decided the school needed a Christmas tree and spent hours dragging this huge beast of a tree into school. No one was pleased. I got two weeks detention because I was 45 minutes late and had made a big mess of leaves and soil all over the building. All the kids just laughed at me. Mika
school play dancing
I was always an actor, starting in middle school. I was in all the plays and all that. But dancing didn't come into my life until late into high school. Harry Shum, Jr.
school years two
I went to graduate school at Harvard for one year I worked in the state legislature in Sacramento for one year. I taught school in Compton for two years. Harry Shearer
school two years
I would come back to public school for usually about half the year. It was actually better for me to be out of school a lot, because I was two years younger than everybody, which is a bad situation, socially.
school math wish
Australian schools have cool uniforms. I wish I had to wear a woven straw hat for maths. Harry Styles
school writing thinking
I am an English major in school with an emphasis in creative writing. I think hearing Maya Angelou speak at school last year was one of the best moments Stanford, at least, intellectually, had to offer Fred Savage
school two different
There are two schools of thought. A manager would tell you that must make them realize you're a dedicated actor and I took a totally different route than that. I never ever took myself seriously. George Hamilton
school giving volunteer
Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work. George H. W. Bush
school character high-school
In high school, I read 'Silas Marner' and I was very attracted to this character - he was very rundown and he'd just stop, and things would happen around him. Gus Van Sant
school gun thinking
I was petrified because all my friends would be going to Washington, DC, to protest. I was sixteen, and I was like, "I don't think I'll be going with you guys," just because I was scared. Then you saw the news, and cops - not students in schools with guns - cops are killing sixteen year old protesters on the news. To me that was more horrifying, to have the authority figures actually killing people on the evening news, than to have another student firing a gun.
school reality garden
I envision a day when every city and town has front and back yards, community gardens and growing spaces, nurtured into life by neighbors who are no longer strangers, but friends who delight in the edible rewards offered from a garden they discovered together. Imagine small strips of land between apartment buildings that have been turned into vegetable gardens, and urban orchards planted at schools and churches to grow food for our communities. The seeds of the urban farming movement already are growing within our reality. Greg Peterson
school commitment broken
...education is a sacred thing, and the pledge to build a school is a commitment that cannot be surrendered or broken, regardless of how long it may take, how many obstacles must be surmounted, or how much money it will cost. It is by such promises that the balance sheet of one's life is measured. Greg Mortenson
school kids firsts
Once I started the first school, I realized this is what my life is meant to be, is to promote education and help kids go to school, and that's very clear.
school games islands
I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition. Jim Brown
school culinary
I like to cook. I would probably go to culinary school in France if I had time. Jessica Alba
school ideas two
You must follow me carefully. I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted. The geometry, for instance, they taught you at school is founded on a misconception. H. G. Wells
school science elements
The science of the modern school ... is in effect ... the acquisition of imperfectly analyzed misstatements about entrails, elements, and electricity... George Herbert
school class inspire
You can pay for school, but you can't buy class Jay-Z
school church return
Our public schools began as ministries of the church; now it is time to return them to the Lord. Jay Sekulow
school people support
The people of Missouri said they expect their elected leaders to support public schools because they know that education is the best economic development tool there is. Jay Nixon
school littles recognition
We're not in high school anymore and we've had a little more life experiences to help us better understand what were going through in terms of stardom and recognition. Jay Hernandez
school kids class
California Governor Gray Davis visited an elementary school here in Los Angeles where he taught a class. I don't want to say he was unpopular but the kids gave him a wedgie and stuffed him in a locker. Jay Leno
school interesting conservative
You know what is interesting, Condit is very conservative. He voted to post the ten commandments in schools. Yet, he himself broke the 11th commandment, 'Thou shall not put thy rod in thy staff.'
school looks definitions
With high definition TV, everything looks bigger and wider. Kind of like going to your 25th high school reunion.