Subject: Education » School (Page 5)

Absolute Zero: The lowest grade attainable on a test.

Graduation speeches were invented largely in the belief that college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.

(1948 – ) American cartoonist (Doonesbury)

Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers; my opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them.


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

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

American basketball coach & executive

If I drop out of school, where am I gonna find drugs?

Palestinian/American comedian

You never catch on until after the test.

I won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

Never let your studies interfere with your education.

Every child has a right to go to high school and end up with a third grade education.

(1927 – 1997) Am. comedian & satirist notable for mock presidential campaign

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

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

My recipe for bad grades: don't study.

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

When I was recruited at Auburn, they took me to a strip joint; when I saw those titties on Buffy, I knew that Auburn met my academic requirements.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

If you're confident after you've just finished an exam, it's because you don't know enough to know better.

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

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

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

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

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

I have never been jealous; not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

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

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

College is a place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage.

(1919 – 1991) American comedian & actor