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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.

By four years of age, the average child in a family receiving public assistance has heard about 13 million words, compared to 45 million for a child from a wealthier family. The disadvantages developed during their first four years are...

Quotes by Sal Albanese

Every school is different and serves different populations.

Quotes by Sal Khan

I would love to go to film school.

Quotes by Sage Stallone

When I was in school, we would always have running races. I was good at it. Always sprinting. I can run long distance, too.

Quotes by Sadio Mane

I might take a little time off from school to train. I'd be a totally different animal if I trained full time.

Quotes by Sage Northcutt

My favorite thing before going to school was watching 'Full House,' 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch,' and 'Boy Meets World.'

Quotes by Sabrina Carpenter

I was a good dancer from my school days, and that's why I entered reality shows.

Quotes by S. Sreesanth

As a teenager, I felt so hemmed in and trapped, both by the place I lived and the expectations others had about school, college, and a future career.

Quotes by Sabaa Tahir

I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.

Quotes by Ryne Sandberg

I played high school football at a hundred and eighty-five pounds and played big league baseball at a hundred and eighty-two. I'd get up to maybe 188 in the off-season because every summer I'd lose eight to ten pounds.

Quotes by Ryne Sandberg

Except for a short period at the end of World War II, I attended an elementary school affiliated to Kobe University from ages six to twelve and then moved on to Nada Middle and High School from ages twelve to...

Quotes by Ryoji Noyori

I didn't learn black history in school. I had to go find Malcolm X books.

Quotes by Rza

When I was in high school, the genders were so separate from each other. If you weren't 'dating' somebody, you couldn't just be friends with somebody.

Quotes by S. E. Hinton

I just motor through school in the morning and then go skating.

Quotes by Ryan Sheckler

I was into sports in high school, but I got kicked out of Richmond High at 17, so I never graduated. However, I still get invites to the class reunions... I don't know that I want to see how everyone...

Quotes by Ryan Stiles

I wasn't particularly funny in high school, but I grew up with three older brothers who were quite funny.

Quotes by Ryan Stiles

Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.

Quotes by Ryan White

I believe in myself as I look forward to graduating from Hamilton Heights High School in 1991.

Quotes by Ryan White

I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school.

Quotes by Ryan White

I'm just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me.

Quotes by Ryan White

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.