Subject: Education (Page 4)

He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman

Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers; my opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them.


We learn from experience that men never learn from experience.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student; at least they can find Kuwait.

(1952 – ) American writer & comedian

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.


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 live and learn… at any rate, you live.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

You can learn many things from children… how much patience you have for instance.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

Education: One of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universities attached.

(1938 – ) journalist, columnist (Miss Manners)

I never did very well in math – I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn’t meant my answers literally.

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist

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

One in For Kids Drops Out of High School

Christ, seven years of college, down the drain.

(1949 – 1982) American comedian, actor & musician

Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Anyone who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison.

(1903 – 1966) English writer

You may be a redneck if you have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

My dog licked the crumbs out of my computer keyboard and earned an online college degree.

Dan Quayle is going around the country giving C students a bad name.

American comedian, writer, producer & actor

The hardest thing to do at a community college is cheat on a test because the only people you can cheat off of also go to a community college.

American stand-up comedian