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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 principal did not like the fact that the teachers would take my side. I always left an impression when I left the school - not for who I was but for what I did there.

Quotes by Ram Charan

Basically, I left Northern Telecom after 7.5 years of being in one company after school. And then, I ended up in a series of start-ups. The first of those was a company called Sitech, and they were in local area...

Quotes by Ram Shriram

After high school, I moved to the U.S. and studied music in Boston, at the Berklee College of Music.

Quotes by Ramin Djawadi

I never went to fashion school. I didn't know what a designer was. I knew I had something, but I didn't know what it was. And it could just have easily been nothing.

Quotes by Ralph Lauren

When in school, I was interested in many things other than studies.

Quotes by Rajiv Menon

I prefer really often to talk to high school students, mostly because I think they're the future for us.

Quotes by Rainer Weiss

A high school diploma will no longer be sufficient. But that post secondary education does not have to be a four-year university or a four-year college. It can be career technical education, vocational education, community college.

Quotes by Raja Krishnamoorthi

I used to carry a briefcase instead of a school bag when going to school because I was shy and introverted then. But over the years, especially Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) helped me overcome these insecurities and scale greater...

Quotes by Rajeev Suri

My mum was working as a cleaner at some hotels to make extra money so she could pay for her degree. I'll never forget waking up at five in the morning before school and helping her clean the toilets at...

Quotes by Raheem Sterling

I never wanted to act. I never participated in school plays.

Quotes by Rahul Dev

I used to come to school with my school bag hanging on one shoulder and the cricket kit on the other. It was pretty cool and I felt special.

Quotes by Rahul Dev

I wanted to pursue my passion for cricket, but after school, I got into an engineering college.

Quotes by Rahul Dev

I never bunked school. School was always the most special place for me.

Quotes by Rahul Dev

I wasn't a big star in the school plays or anything.

Quotes by Rachel Weisz

I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.

Quotes by Rachelle Lefevre

My awkward stage extended well into high school.

Quotes by Rachelle Lefevre

My tryst with theatre began in 1968, after the last day of school in that academic year.

Quotes by Radha Ravi

As I studied in a girls' school and a girls' college, I am comfortable in the space where other girls are involved. If you see 'Moggina Manasu,' which was my first release, there were four of us girls sharing screen...

Quotes by Radhika Pandit

I'd love to see more middle and high school teachers who are not teaching English develop classroom libraries. Our message to kids should be that reading is for everyone.

Quotes by Rae Carson

Despite girls' sparkling resumes - including rates of college enrollment and high school grades that outstrip boys - sexism is a barrier that still leaves girls ambivalent about power. Opening doors has not amounted to ambition to lead for many...

Quotes by Rachel Simmons

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.