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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 didn't go to drama school, so I feel like I did all my growing up on 'Hollyoaks.'

Quotes by Nathalie Emmanuel

Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating.

Quotes by Nathan Chen

I started out in graduate school to be a fiction writer. I thought I wanted to write short stories. I started writing poems at that point only because a friend of mine dared me to write a poem. And I...

Quotes by Natasha Trethewey

I was barely in grade school when I helped my mother rearrange the living room furniture for the first time.

Quotes by Nate Berkus

I coach a high school wrestling team and a middle school team. I consider myself a coach and an activist, so I'm really involved in the community.

Quotes by Nate Parker

My least favorite subject? Uh... I didn't have a least favorite subject because, I mean, high school is so much fun.

Quotes by Nate Robinson

I ran track for my school. I played football, but I didn't play for my high school; I played for a little league team.

Quotes by Nate Robinson

Halloween simply has a special feel about it. School is back, everyone is settled into their routines following summer, and there is pumpkin spice everywhere.

Quotes by Natalya Neidhart

I did actually like school. When I was 17, I was in college, but before that, I was home-schooled. I was very social. I liked to know everyone.

Quotes by Natasha Bedingfield

Acting was a slow-burn thing. I found it was something I really, really liked doing, but it wasn't until my third year at drama school that I actually thought, 'Oh, right, I'm trained for this now; I'd better see if...

Quotes by Natasha Little

I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it.

Quotes by Natasha Lyonne

I feel like theater in high school seems to be sort of like the safe haven for the outsiders and people who don't necessarily fit in. And it was a come-as-you-are sort of class, and it's a come-as-you-are after-school activity.

Quotes by Natasha Rothwell

I attended private Catholic schools in Paris and Los Angeles through high school.

Quotes by Natalie Massenet

In high school, I did a little track and field and ran on my own. In college, I would run every now and again, but I didn't have enough time to be devoted to it.

Quotes by Natalie Morales

I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork.

Quotes by Natalie Portman

I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults.

Quotes by Natalie Portman

It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore.

Quotes by Natalie Portman

It's always strange being a kid on the set, because you're treated like an equal when you're working. But then when you break, the other actors go back to their trailers to take naps and drink beer, and I have...

Quotes by Natalie Portman

I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.

Quotes by Natalie Babbitt

I have always loved astronomy, and being an astronomer once lurked in the back of my mind. But I was never good at algebra. In fact, I flunked it twice in high school.

Quotes by Natalie Babbitt

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.