Quotes About Education

In school, I never really grasped drawing the nude form.

Growing up, I just always doodled, which is the worst word for it. I would just draw things in class, get yelled at by my teachers, get my drawings taken away. That stuff happened all the time.

Growing up in Iowa I could have had it a lot worse. My family was more worried about my education and my health than the fact that I wore my sister's dresses.

I drew as a child, they tell me. I can vaguely remember doing it. And then I drew again in the late years at high school.

When I was a child, my parents didn't know anything about drugs. They didn't even drink.

The issue of infiltrators is as important as that of drinking water, education and health.

Do you know that driving accidents are the number one cause of death for young people?

I did drop out of school.

I was doing B.Tech in Noida, but I dropped out in my second year.

I dropped out of school.

I dropped out twice from a law degree because I didn't have time to do everything at once.

I didn't do very well when I was at school, so my dad gave me the opportunity to travel in Africa. I drove from London to Nairobi. It was incredible.

I think I just had it by osmosis: an appreciation of Duke Ellington before I really even knew who he was.

I didn't want to go to any school but Duke: the best of the best.

Duke and UNC are great schools.

Getting a degree from Duke University is an amazing accomplishment for me.

I don't think you need to dumb down to a child, you merely have to be clear, you know?

We've got to dumb America up again.

I feel like the world is getting dumber. I don't necessarily think people are stupid, but I think we're getting dumber.

I was a dummy in school.

We used to say, There's nothing cool about being a dummy.

The moment I started learning to play the piano it changed my whole dynamic with music and with school. Suddenly I had a reason to be there, or at least at my music lessons; it just took hold of me.

I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.

The more we learn about dyslexia, the more able we will be to help those with it.