Subject: Education (Page 12)

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

Education: What you have left over when you subtract what you’ve forgotten from what you learned.

You might be a redneck if… you refer to the fifth grade as “my senior year.”

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

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

Graduate School: The place where a young scholar goes off his Dad’s payroll – and on to his wife’s.

It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic.

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist

As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools.

A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. – unfortunately, they don’t have a J.O.B.

(1928 – ) American R&B and rock & roll singer-songwriter

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra; in real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

Trying to give my kids an education in Los Angeles is a nightmare with the guns, the gangs, the drugs – and I'm home schooling them.

American comedian & writer

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

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

Our school color was manila.

comedian

For every person wishing to teach, there are thirty not wanting to be taught.

(1898 – 1951) Scottish humorist

If lessons are learned in defeat, as they say, our team is really getting a great education.

American football coach

Never let your studies interfere with your education.

If what you don't know can't hurt you, she's practically invulnerable.

You might be a redneck if… your school fight song is Dueling Banjos.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your mouth is moving.

If you’re studying Geology, which is all facts, as soon as you get out of school you forget it all, but Philosophy you remember just enough to screw you up for the rest of your life.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

You're looking at a very proud Canadian who is very proud of the educational system in Canadia…

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer