Subject: Education (Page 4)

Doctors bury their mistakes, but mine are still on scholarship.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.

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

We learn something every day, and lots of times it’s that what we learned the day before was wrong.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

Teachers: United Mind Workers.

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

(1882 – 1950) American attorney, politician, liberal activist & actor

1. The more general the title of a course, the less you will learn from it. 2. The more specific a title is, the less you will be able to apply it.

director I spent four years in college but I didn’t learn a thing; i was really my own fault… I had a double major in psychology and reverse psychology.

(1979 – ) American actor, writer, comedian & director

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

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

The one course you must take to graduate will not be offered during your last semester.

If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

I think TV is very educational; every time someone turns on a TV, I go in the other room and read.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

I stopped telling people I didn't attend college when it suddenly dawned on me that no one was particularly surprised.

(1932 – ) American political satirist & 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

Some folks are so highly educated they can bore you on any subject.

The specialist learns more and more about less and less until, finally, he knows everything about nothing; whereas the generalist learns less and less about more and more until, finally, he knows nothing about everything.

I never could make out what those damned dots meant.

(1911 – 1968) British politician & son of Prime Minister Winston Churchill

There is no direct relationship between the quality of an educational program and its cost.

The only problem with learning by experience is that you get the test before the lesson.


Men are like textbooks: you have to spend a lot of time between the covers to gain a small amount of satisfaction.