Subject: Education » School (Page 6)

College: A fountain of knowledge where students gather to drink.

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

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

I hated Geography… because it’s just like History… except without people and dates.

(1956 – ) American entertainer & comedian

Can’t anything be done about calling these guys student athletes? … That’s like referring to Attila the Hun’s cavalry as “weekend warriors.”

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist

80% of the final exam will be based on the one lecture you missed and the one book you didn't read.

I was thrown out of NYU my freshman year for cheating on my metaphysics final; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

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

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

Absolute Zero: The lowest grade attainable on a test.

With one or two exceptions, colleges expect their players of games to be reasonably literate.

(1898 – 1971) English classical scholar & academic

I never graduated from Iowa. I was only there for two terms – Truman's and Eisenhower's.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor

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

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

A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. – unfortunately, they don’t have a J.O.B.

(1928 – ) American R&B and rock & roll singer-songwriter

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


All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Before he died my father told me he never really walked to school without any shoes.

(1966 – 2011) American stand-up comedian

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

 I want a school my football team can be proud of.

(1905 – 1998) botanist, author & University of Oklahoma president

Bachelor's degrees make pretty good placemats if you get 'em laminated.

(1980 – ) cartoonist

I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia; not because I had it, but because I couldn’t spell it.


(1919 – 1990) American boxing champion

A statesman is any politician it’s considered safe to name a school after.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor