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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've only auditioned for one non-culturally specific role. I went through drama school and studied classic texts and played lead roles in 'Measure for Measure' and 'The Importance of Being Earnest' alongside a very culturally diverse group of acting students....

Quotes by Shari Sebbens

I missed a lot of school. I was always sick. I was in the hospital a lot. Asthma kicked my butt.

Quotes by Shannon Briggs

I want to get away from the high school thing and do other types of roles.

Quotes by Shannon Elizabeth

I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But...

Quotes by Shannon Lucid

I didn't really have a normal high school experience. I was home-schooled and went to a co-op, so basically a school with about maybe 200 other home-schooled kids that would come together for classes.

Quotes by Shannon Purser

As I got into high school I sort of came into my own and gained some confidence and, luckily, wasn't really bullied by others.

Quotes by Shannon Purser

School seemed unimportant, since I learned so much more on my own.

Quotes by Shannon Tweed

I worked for a charity for a while, but... well, I started acting while I was in high school. I kind of just got lucky enough to live at my parents' house until I was actually making enough money to...

Quotes by Shannon Woodward

I met some friends in the end of 10th, beginning of 11th, who were in the popular group so I finished off high school in that group and got to see both sides.

Quotes by Shane West

By my senior year in high school, I was friends with every group.

Quotes by Shane West

I was one of the ones in my generation who actually did connect with 'The Wiz,' even though it was not on Broadway or the movie wasn't big anymore by the time I was of age to notice. But I...

Quotes by Shanice Williams

I'm from New Jersey. But I went to school in Los Angeles and all across the country. So, I can totally connect with missing home.

Quotes by Shanice Williams

Definitely had a lot of training since a young age. My teachers in high school have always helped me, gave me encouragement, taught me so much.

Quotes by Shanice Williams

I actually started modelling when I was about eight years old, and then, when I went to high school, I stopped to concentrate on schoolwork because I was in an accelerated program, so it was just really time for me...

Quotes by Shanina Shaik

I was bullied in high school because I looked different.

Quotes by Shanina Shaik

I had a weird high school because I graduated early when I was 16. I moved out to California, but I was only there for freshman and sophomore year, and I was a bit of a brainiac.

Quotes by Shanley Caswell

When I was a freshman, I didn't have that much time for extra-curriculars, so I didn't do any theater stuff. Actually, I didn't do it with my school. I did theater with this thing called Teen Source.

Quotes by Shanley Caswell

I got a degree in math, from not a good school in Texas, and then I went to work as a software engineer. Just not glamorous at all.

Quotes by Shane Carruth

I'd wanted to be a director since I was five and had been making videos since I was a kid. Then YouTube came around during high school. I was making videos, and it was just a place to put them,...

Quotes by Shane Dawson

For me, growing up and going to school and not seeing any anti-bullying posters and not hearing people talk about bullying was very desolate.

Quotes by Shane Koyczan

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.