Subject: Education (Page 3)

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

(1874 – 1963) American poet

If, while you are in school, there is a shortage of qualified personnel in a particular field, then by the time you graduate with the necessary qualifications, that field's employment is glutted.


Son, looks to me like you’re spending too much time on one subject.

college basketball coach

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

 This job is better than I could get if I used my college degree, which, at this point, I can't remember what it was in.

professional football player

Dad taught me everything I know; unfortunately, he didn’t teach me everything he knows.

(1962 – ) American race car driver

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

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

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

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

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

Never let your studies interfere with your education.

Genitals are a great distraction to scholarship.

(1932 – 2000) English author & academic

You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize that out of the 3 R’s only one begins with an ‘R.’

(1953 – ) comedian, political commentator and television & radio personality

In the school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of gravity and he threw the teacher out of the window.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

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

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

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

I had just received my degree in Calcium Anthropology… the study of milkmen.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

If law school is so hard to get through… how come there are so many lawyers?

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist

The amount of education you have determines your loot in life.