Quotes About Education

I never went to a university, and I am proud to say so because I don't think I have done too badly.

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.

I went to college in Iowa for a little bit and tried to get some bands together there. That was about a year of my life.

I was born in 1940 in Hathazari, Chittagong, which is now part of Bangladesh. Education was always important to my parents, and with what little we had, they were able to provide an education for their children.

I didn't actually start playing the banjo until I was in high school.

My mother used to read me from Bank Street schools, that book, you know, Bank Street school had these early reader books. And my mother would read to my brother and I and we had all those advantages that everyone says you need to be successful in school and I was successful in school.

I came to the United States by myself when I was 16 years old. My parents had about $5,000 in their bank account, and they used it all to send me here because they truly believed that this country was where I was going to get the best education and have the best opportunities.

Average people get to school late; they're average. They barely do their school work.

I barely made it out of high school and I didn't go to college.

The scary thing is I took 12 years of French, and I can barely say, 'My name is... ' And that's not because of the concussions.

It doesn't take long to learn basic English.

I'm trying to demystify the whole process. Make it simple, make it palatable. I want people to have respect for the law, and I want to educate people on the basics of the law.

I never wanted to go to drama school. I thought that was too many eggs in one basket.

I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.

We're all about trying to teach the kids life through basketball.

Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.

It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that's not the world we live in.

If we can show the world that there are students in all sorts of communities who don't have the material they need for a great education, that will be the first major step to doing something about it.

I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.

I went to Long Beach State, started out as an actor.

I started making beats in high school.

There's so much beautiful music in the world, and the kids are getting robbed.

Every acquisition of accommodation becomes material for assimilation, but assimilation always resists new accommodations.

When I was in high school, I used to beg my teachers to let me create films and plays instead of writing essays. I think they were at least happy I was excited about school.