Subject: Education (Page 2)

If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

How can you tell if a Korean broke into your house?… your dog is missing, and your homework is done.

(1962 – ) American television host, actress & comedian

Every instructor assumes that you have nothing else to do except study for that instructor’s course.

The best classroom of all times was about two car lengths behind Juan Manuel Fangio.

(1929 – ) English race car driver

I'm from one of those places where the whole number system consists of one, two and a shitload.

(1955 – ) American actor, stand-up comedian & impressionist

Ah, well… we live and learn, or, anyway, we live.

(1884 – 1949) American humorist & literary critic

A diploma only proves that you know how to look up an answer.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

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

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

(1902 – 1983) Australian novelist & short-story writer

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

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

It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snowblower or vacuum cleaner.

Graduate school: The place where a young scholar goes off their parents’ payroll – and on to their spouse’s.

He’s like the first guy, like, from my reading level, you know — the first guy, like, from my math class to finally go out and do something!

(1968 – ) American stand-up comedian

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

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

I was the only black in every class; hard to be absent.

(1969 – ) American comedian & actor

One in For Kids Drops Out of High School

I went to medical school here at Columbia; I got my M.D.; and was practicing out in Colorado, where I decided to quit and do stand-up – and not just because of the lawsuits.

(1971 – ) American comedian, actor, television host & former physician

The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.

(1888 – 1964) American folklorist, writer & newspaper columnist

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

Teaching Latin to someone like me in high school was somewhat like trying to teach a pig to dance; it’s a waste of the teacher’s time and it irritates the pig.

U.S. Senator (1942 – 2015) U.S. senator (Tennessee) & actor