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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 school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS.

Quotes by Ryan White

My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an Olympic champion.' And that's the first time that I'd heard someone else say that to me. I was...

Quotes by Ryan Lochte

I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.

Quotes by Ryan Lochte

I grew up in Glen Ellyn, which is about 20 miles west of Chicago. I attended Glenbard South High School and University of Illinois. I didn't study acting until I moved to Los Angeles after college, but the fact that...

Quotes by Ryan McPartlin

I played football growing up in junior high and high school.

Quotes by Ryan Merriman

I graduated from public high school. I went to the prom. I did it all. But I also worked on 30-million dollar movies with roller coasters and Michelle Pfeiffer. It's been a very interesting and blessed life for sure.

Quotes by Ryan Merriman

I had been accepted to film school, but my parents couldn't afford it, and yet they made too much money for me to get a scholarship.

Quotes by Ryan Murphy

The funny thing with Ophelia is that I remembered her being this really cool, awesome female character when I read 'Hamlet' in high school, and when I went back and read it, no, she's not.

Quotes by Ryan North

My parents disagreed sharply with me over the decision to leave school.

Quotes by Ryan Holiday

In June 2007, I finished up school for the year. I didn't know it at the time, but I was done with college forever. By the end of the summer, I had dropped out and would not return.

Quotes by Ryan Holiday

I came to Nashville to go to Belmont. I went to school to be a student.

Quotes by Ryan Hurd

I got a sociology degree and then had an opportunity to go to graduate school. But I said no, because I wanted to give songwriting a shot.

Quotes by Ryan Hurd

I used to write in school a lot; I always liked it and used to write on my own, comic books, come up with alternate story lines to the stuff I watched and read, a lot of books and TV,...

Quotes by Ryan Coogler

I have real good parents. I have two brothers, and we got good educations. My parents didn't have a whole lot of money, but they spent the money they had on private school for us, Catholic school.

Quotes by Ryan Coogler

My school was pretty much all African Americans, but it was still a little tough to be in because I didn't have a lot of money. And when I came back to my neighborhood, it was tough to fit in...

Quotes by Ryan Coogler

So many limits in Catholic high school! I'm not a bad Catholic, but everything was off-limits.

Quotes by Ryan Eggold

He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I went to school with knew who he was and knew that he was black. So I would get...

Quotes by Ryan Giggs

I worked as a singing, dancing busgirl in high school.

Quotes by Rutina Wesley

When I got into high school, my favorite artist was definitely Janet Jackson.

Quotes by Rutina Wesley

In secondary school, I became aware of the idea of being cool, and that was a bit of a shell shock.

Quotes by Ruth Bradley

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.