Subject: Education (Page 9)

They put me in Special Ed because they thought I was slow, but I stayed in Special Ed for the ladies.

(1974 – ) Russian-born American comedian, writer & filmmaker

I paid $120,000 for someone to tell me to read Jane Austen, and then I didn’t.

(1982 – ) American comedian, actor, writer & producer

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

His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

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

I think TV is very educational; every time someone turns on a TV, I go in the other room and read.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Football is a sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

When I was in college, we did mushrooms and acid… and did I mention acid?

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

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

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

“The top half of the students are well-educated, the bottom half receive extra help, but the middle half we are leaving out.”

I went to medical school here at Columbia; I got my M.D.; and was practicing out in Colorado, where I decided to quit and do stand-up – and not just because of the lawsuits.

(1971 – ) American comedian, actor, television host & former physician

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter

I had a terrible education… I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

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

Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

Graduate school: The place where a young scholar goes off their parents’ payroll – and on to their spouse’s.

It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snowblower or vacuum cleaner.

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

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

I started wearing glasses, and people started saying I looked smart and I'm like, huh?… I didn't go to Harvard; I went to Lens Crafters.

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