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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'm an actor. Since I was a teenager, I have had to play different characters, negotiating the cultural expectations of a Pakistani family, Brit-Asian rudeboy culture, and a scholarship to private school. The fluidity of my own personal identity on...

Quotes by Riz Ahmed

At 20, I realized that I could not possibly adjust to a feminine role as conceived by my father and asked him permission to engage in a professional career. In eight months I filled my gaps in Latin, Greek and...

Quotes by Rita Levi-Montalcini

There was a point in school when I was, like, thirteen, that I didn't feel comfortable at all.

Quotes by Rita Ora

I was a good student. I was lame. I was into school and didn't really go out much, so I guess I wasn't the coolest person on the planet.

Quotes by Rita Volk

I would go to school and be American and then come home and be Greek.

Quotes by Rita Wilson

As a kid, my favorite adventures were to skip school and go into the sewage drains and talk to the turtles and open up packs of Topps Stadium Club baseball cards.

Quotes by Riff Raff

I've been playing basketball since forever. The highlight of my high school career was scoring 51 points with 13 threes in a game.

Quotes by Riff Raff

I didn't finish high school but I feel like if I was in college I could debate with anybody.

Quotes by Riff Raff

I've been super-fresh since elementary school. I'd lay out all my clothes, my Jordans right there, I know what cologne I'm gonna wear, my boxers match my socks.

Quotes by Riff Raff

The only autograph I ever got, which I do not have anymore, was Matthew Fox when he was on 'Party Of Five.' I was in high school, and he came to our local amusement park, and I stood in line...

Quotes by Riki Lindhome

I'm an old school cat. I'm a fan of Richard Pryor and also Redd Foxx.

Quotes by Rikishi

There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything.

Quotes by Ricky Gervais

I always thought I had a problem socially, because I was pulled out of school so early. I had a tough time talking to other kids and being comfortable with them.

Quotes by Ricky Schroder

Growing up, at that time, I didn't want to be black because I was bullied, and I'd tell my mum that I wanted to be white like everyone else at school.

Quotes by Ricky Whittle

I had a lot of friends in high school and in college, and we had a good time.

Quotes by Ricky Williams

Mom always got me to school and the driving range while Dad was working. She also kept me quiet and humble. Both of them taught me to let my golf do the talking.

Quotes by Rickie Fowler

Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.

Quotes by Rick Springfield

I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it.

Quotes by Rick Springfield

Geddy Lee and I went to the same grade school. He moved away when we were still young, but I remember him like I do all my friends from back then. Then in 1982, Dave Thomas and I were approached...

Quotes by Rick Moranis

According to a study by Achieve Incorporated, Texas is the first state to make a college-prep curriculum the standard coursework in high school, starting with this year's ninth grade class.

Quotes by Rick Perry

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.