Subject: Education (Page 8)

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

(1922 – 2007) American novelist

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

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

University: A college with a stadium seating more than sixty thousand.

He is so old… when he was in school they didn’t teach history!

Being dead is one way to experience nothing, another is to attend some classes at my school.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it’s the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it.

(1890 – 1957) author & journalist

1. That which has not yet been taught directly can never be taught directly 2. If at first you don’t succeed, you will never succeed.

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Learning: The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

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

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

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

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

If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book.

In the school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of gravity and he threw the teacher out of the window.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

A teacher is someone who talks in our sleep!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

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

Major: Area of study that no longer interests you.

College: A four-year period when parents are permitted access to the telephone.