Subject: Education (Page 5)

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

Comparing information and knowledge is like asking whether the fatness of a pig is more or less green than the designated hitter rule.

(1948 – ) American writer & mathematician

He reminds me of the kid in fifth grade who reminded the teacher she forgot to give the homework.

writer & comedian

Something very sad about the fact that I haven’t read Moby Dick, but I have read the Kindergarten Cop Wikipedia page.

(1983 – ) American comedian & actor

Collegians Are Turning To Vegetables

In high school, I was the class comedian as opposed to the class clown; the difference is the class clown is the guy who drops his pants at the football game, the class comedian is the guy who talked him into it.

(1948 – ) comedian, actor, writer, producer & film director

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

Education: A technique employed to open minds so that they may go from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

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

"We Hate Math" says 4 in 10 – A Majority of Americans

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.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything one learned in school.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

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

During exams you are permitted to look down for inspiration and up in exasperation, but you are not permitted to look side to side for information.

If you think that education is expensive, try ignorance.

(1930 – ) American lawyer & educator

Lecture: A process by which the notes of the professor become the notes of the student, without passing through the minds of either.

I failed math so many times in school, I can’t even count.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.

A prerequisite for a desired course will be offered only during the following semester.

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist