Subject: Education (Page 6)

I was thinkin' maybe we should just bomb ourselves so we could upgrade our school system.

(1961 – ) comedian, writer, radio & television personality & blogger

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

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Don't try to teach men how to do anything in public; they can learn in private; in public they have to know.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

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

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

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.


In school, every period ends with a bell… every sentence ends with a period… every crime ends with a sentence.


You might be a redneck if… your school fight song is Dueling Banjos.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Being in politics is like being a football coach: you have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it’s important.

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

(1874 – 1963) American poet

I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach

I made a 1,600 minus 800 minus 200 on the SAT, so I'm very intelligent when I speak.

American basketball player

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra; in real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

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

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

My father wanted me to have all the educational opportunities he never had… so he sent me to a girls school.

(1975 – ) American stand-up comedian & television host

Don’t marry a man to reform him; that’s what reform schools are for.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

College is great; it’s the only time in life where you can write a check for 39 cents… and bounce it.

(1961 – ) American stand-up comedian

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men are so stupid? … it must be education that does it.

(1824 – 1895) French writer

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

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

How is education going to make me smarter?

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)