Subject: Education

College seems like a pretty expensive way to become an alcoholic.

(1974 – ) American comedian

According to a new geographic literacy study 4 out of 10 American students couldn't find Iraq on a map; however 10 out of 10 Mexicans could find the U.S. without a map.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

Some drink deeply from the river of knowledge… others only gargle.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important will be illegible.

How is education going to make me smarter?

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

Graduation speeches were invented largely in the belief that college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.

(1919 – 2000) Canadian prime minister & politician

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

When I was recruited at Auburn, they took me to a strip joint; when I saw those titties on Buffy, I knew that Auburn met my academic requirements.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Never let your studies interfere with your education.

“The top half of the students are well-educated, the bottom half receive extra help, but the middle half we are leaving out.”

When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)

He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

We learn from experience that men never learn from experience.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

A lot of people think kids say the darnedest things, but so would you if you had no education.

(1974 – ) Russian-born American comedian, writer & filmmaker

Teacher: A person who swore she would starve before teaching, and who has been doing both ever since.

Don't try to teach men how to do anything in public; they can learn in private; in public they have to know.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

You might be a redneck if… your dad walks you to school because you’re in the same grade.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get if you don’t.

(1919 – ) American folk singer

Money enables a man to get along without an education, and education enables him to get along without money.

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