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Quotes About School

The members of the Mystery school, during the time of Atlantis, had psychically seen the subsequent ages of darkness.
~ Frederick Lenz
I was very active but I was dyslexic and had a really hard time at school.
~ Ashley Scott
You can study government and politics in school, but the best way to really understand the process is to volunteer your time.
~ Rob McKenna
With my time in the limelight, I regret that I didnt use it more to push vegetarianism. I support vegetarian options in the school lunch program.
~ Bernhard Goetz
I spent a lot of time in the school psychologist's office. I didn't apply myself. My mother thought I had learning disabilities.
~ Roger Goodell
I spent all my time at school in the library. Bad teachers can teach you to learn on your own.
~ Gregory Colbert
School was great. There were no boys there, which didn't really bother me at the time because I had two brothers, so I was quite pleased not to spend any more time with boys.
~ Jo Brand
A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.
~ Tracy Chapman
I'm having a seriously hard time getting used to the fact that summer is over and I have to get out of bed every morning to go to school.
~ Jeff Kinney
When I wasn't killing time in school, I was sparring in the gym or selling crack on the strip.
~ Curtis Jackson
I have always had school sickness, as others have seasickness. I cried when it was time to go back to school long after I was old enough to be ashamed of such behavior.
~ Jacques Derrida
You have to be more picky with jobs when you're at school because you can't miss crucial times and put your education in jeopardy for things that aren't worth it at the time.
~ Georgie Henley
Second Term at Trebizon
~ Anne Digby
To nature lovers, the season of new beginnings is the spring, but to people who excel in school, it's the fall.
~ Anne Fadiman
they seemed to read all the papers the school sent home, which I think is actually a little show-offy.
~ Anne Lamott
I know I set out to tell you every single thing I know about writing, but I am also going to tell you every single thing I know about school lunches, partly because the longings and dynamics and anxieties are so similar. I think this will also show how taking short assignments and then producing really shitty first drafts of these assignments can yield a bounty of detailed memory, raw material, and strange characters lurking in the shadows.
~ Anne Lamott
I'll lose all my funding and I'll have to close the lab and drive a taxi for a living." "Heaven forbid!" Uncle Theron said in real horror, and Bunny said, "You're going to make me drop out of school and get a job, aren't you. You're going to make me go to work serving raw bloody sirloins in some steakhouse." Kate wondered why they were both contemplating careers they were so unsuited for.
~ Anne Tyler
Willa said, "What…?" Then she said, "You're starting your job this June, though." "Right." "You want to get married in two months?" "Or it could be three, if you need more time to plan the wedding," he said. "You mean before I finish school?" "You can finish in California." "But at Kinney I have a full scholarship!" "So? You could get a scholarship in California, too.
~ Anne Tyler
Micah let a brief pause develop and then he asked what Deemolay had been up to---her most troubled, most disruptive student. Deemolay caused chaos the instant he entered the classroom, but he lived in a car with his grandmother and Micah knew Cass had a soft spot in her heart for him. Deemolay had poked a plastic ruler into Jennaya's back at lunchtime and told her it was a switchblade. That was an interesting topic.
~ Anne Tyler
she wants to wait till she graduates although me, I'm thinking this summer would be good; I mean, she could finish school in California just as well as at Kinney, so I'm hoping to talk her around, but in any case
~ Anne Tyler
As Melissa got closer, the taste of school began to foul her mouth.
~ Scott Westerfeld
People only rooted for the underdog in movies, not in middle school.
~ Sean Platt & David Wright
the following September I started at the grammar school. This was in a red-brick building of the kind beloved by Victorian optimists. In
~ Sebastian Faulks
Transparency in the traditional school might destroy it.
~ Seth Godin