Subject: Education (Page 8)

I am not young enough to know everything.

(1860 – 1937) Scottish author, dramatist (creator of Peter Pan)

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

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

You know how to tell if the teacher is hung over?… movie day

(1970 – ) American actor, producer & stand up comedian

Anatomy: A class that sounds vaguely risqué until you find out what it really involves.

Education: A progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

I read Shakespeare and the Bible and I can shoot dice; that’s what I call a liberal education.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

Ah, well… we live and learn, or, anyway, we live.

(1884 – 1949) American humorist & literary critic

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

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach

For every person wishing to teach, there are thirty not wanting to be taught.

(1898 – 1951) Scottish humorist

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

(1903 – 1966) English writer

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.

Education: The path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

My recipe for bad grades: don't study.

(1964 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & voice actor

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

(1874 – 1963) American poet

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get if you don’t.

(1919 – ) American folk singer

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

(1803 – 1869) French Romantic composer

We’re going to have the best-educated American people in the world.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

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

I took a course in speed waiting… now I can wait an hour in only ten minutes.


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

(1938 – ) journalist, columnist (Miss Manners)