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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.

The old school mentality has gone and paved the way for many educated women to enter the movie profession.

Quotes by Shraddha Srinath

I was in the eighth standard and was selected as part of my school to meet Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

Quotes by Shriya Pilgaonkar

I trained in Hindustani, and then I went to music school.

Quotes by Shruti Haasan

The first Parikrma school started in a slum where there were 70,000 people living below the poverty line. Our first school was on a rooftop of a building inside the slums, a second story building, the only second story building...

Quotes by Shukla Bose

I ain't afraid to tell the world that it didn't take school stuff to help a fella play ball.

Quotes by Shoeless Joe Jackson

After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise.

Quotes by Shirley Jones

The idea of being with my peers at a real school seemed much more exciting than making movies.

Quotes by Shirley Temple

A 5-acre school each in Noida and Gurgaon is what we have; it costs Rs. 50 crore to buy the land and another Rs. 50 crore to build the property. That's the capital cost alone.

Quotes by Shiv Nadar

I've always been a creative person, and I'd always wanted to paint, so I went to art school and began painting and sculpting.

Quotes by Shirley Eaton

When I went to college, I was doing well in school, but I didn't have any drive to study.

Quotes by Shiloh Fernandez

I still have a lot of the stories I wrote in high school. Hand wrote... a number of them are in purple ink, rendering them illegible, a fact we should probably be forever thankful for.

Quotes by Shiloh Walker

I want to tell any young girl out there who's a geek, I was a really serious geek in high school. It works out. Study harder.

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

When I was in high school, I was voted most likely to succeed.

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

I was the only white kid in my neighborhood for most of my youth even in high school, so reverse racism was just as apparent as racism.

Quotes by Shia LaBeouf

I have been following the attempt to initiate or revamp federal involvement in the health of Americans since it was a major topic for my high school debating team in 1947.

Quotes by Sherwin B. Nuland

I was a friend during school time, but not much after that. By the time I got to BYU, I was a social mess, an absolute misfit. There is not a shyer, more pathetic kid who stepped on that BYU...

Quotes by Sheri L. Dew

Not having gone to drama school, I always feel like a bit of a fraud, but so far it looks as though I've not been found out.

Quotes by Sheridan Smith

I was in a play in elementary school and had to jump up and run away. I was nervous and tripped and fell down and everyone laughed. Their laughter made me relax, so I pretended it was part of the...

Quotes by Sherman Hemsley

I loved it, but had to forget about acting after elementary school because it was the sort of thing you just didn't do in my rough neighborhood.

Quotes by Sherman Hemsley

I never - in my dreams, doing track in high school, I didn't imagine it would turn out like this.

Quotes by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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.