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School Quotes

On learning, growing up and finding your own pace.

These quotes cover school in different forms: a childhood spent in Sunday school, being a late bloomer among faster-moving classmates, and skipping formal film training entirely to learn a craft directly. For lighter school-themed content, see our Jokes.

I loved to write; in my late teens I had a 'zine. But it wasn't until I went back to school, later on in my 20s, that I actually saw that I had writing talent.

Quotes by Sonja Sohn

Laszlo Kovacs was marvelous. He was very much in the same school as Bill Frake, who was, of course, a great cinematographer as well. They had a very similar style and similar sensibility.

Quotes by Sondra Locke

Every mom believes her kid's school doodles are amazing, and I'm no different.

Quotes by Solange Knowles

I have a father who was the first black student at his junior high and high school and had to do a lot to get to that point.

Quotes by Solange Knowles

I was the most reckless little kid. I only had guy friends. I had a Nintendo, and when I went to normal school, I used to tape it under my desk and then pull it out and play on it.

Quotes by Sofia Richie

I get knighted in the school of life. Like Braveheart.

Quotes by Slowthai

Sunday school don't make you cool forever.

Quotes by Sly Stone

I was the sports captain in school. I've done everything - from javelin to discus to basketball to judo.

Quotes by Smriti Irani

I was like the class clown in school so I guess I would say I did like the attention. In church I did a lot of plays, my mother made me play characters, do a lot of drama and acting,...

Quotes by Snoop Dogg

I moved to Mumbai to pursue my degree after high school.

Quotes by Sobhita Dhulipala

The summer after high school, I got a TASCAM because I had been writing a lot and thought it would be cool if I recorded stuff not just on my phone.

Quotes by Soccer Mommy

It's not an easy thing to manage - school and being in a band.

Quotes by Soccer Mommy

I moved out to L.A. when I was 17, dropped out of high school, and pursued a career in music.

Quotes by Skylar Grey

I played trumpet in school once because I joined band because a cute boy played trumpet too. And I was really bad at trumpet.

Quotes by Skylar Grey

I actually never got in a play in school. My teacher said I never learned my lines.

Quotes by Sissy Spacek

For a long time, I have been inclined to start a school for the talented children.

Quotes by Sivamani

I took a drama class in elementary school, and I just remember having so much fun with it. From there, I just studied, got better as I went along, and continued to grow.

Quotes by Sinqua Walls

I love listening to old school stuff. I listen to some new cats out here, but I'm really into, like, Tech N9ne and his clique; I really like Eminem and those guys - cats that got real flow: I really...

Quotes by Sir Mix-a-Lot

I'm not an engineer. I did not study engineering in school. But I was a super ambitious student growing up.

Quotes by Simone Giertz

In middle school and high school, I had straight A's, and I graduated at the top of my year. On the flip side of that, I struggled with very severe performance anxiety.

Quotes by Simone Giertz

Frequently Asked Questions

What different kinds of school are reflected in these quotes?
The quotes touch on several types of schooling - being a "late bloomer" in regular high school, attending Sunday school and Bible readings at church starting in first grade, skipping film school entirely, and studying natural sciences at a Swiss Polytechnical School.
Is there a quote about religious or Sunday school?
Yes: "Once I started first grade, I started going to Emmanuel Baptist Church regularly. I went to Sunday school. We had Bible readings and things like that." For more devotional, school-related content, see Prayers.
Is there a quote about not attending film school?
Yes: "I never went to film school, so I never had the chance to be rejected," a wry take on skipping formal film education entirely. For more lighthearted content on this theme, see Jokes.
Is there a quote about being a late bloomer in school?
Yes, one reflects on being a "late bloomer" even back in high school, watching everyone else move ahead while feeling behind - a pattern the speaker says also carried into a filmmaking career.
Is there anything here about advanced or scientific study?
Yes, one references studying toward a diploma in Natural Sciences at the Swiss Polytechnical School in Zurich, where early contact with fundamental research began. For lighter, more playful school-themed content, browse Rhymes or Poems.

You can also browse our Poems or Rhymes for younger, more playful school content.