Quotes About Education

Making community college more accessible means more of our high school graduates can learn the skills they need to get good paying jobs.

Teach For China recruits top American and Chinese college graduates, like 26-year-old Yang Xiao, to teach in the country's most disadvantaged schools.

You know, I come from six generations of college graduates.

The American idea that everyone graduates high school at 18 is a good one.

To be very honest, I never thought I would graduate from high school. I got very lucky to get into an alternative high school, which really saved my butt.

My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school.

Apart from finding a first job, college graduates seem to adapt more easily than those with only a high school degree as the economy evolves and labor-market needs change.

I went through high school, but I didn't graduate.

At the beginning of every semester, I ask my graduate students whether there is something I should read that will help me understand their work.

I was the first in my family to graduate college.

I didn't graduate from college, so I might as well be on Atlantic Records, right?

We want our students to graduate from high school, but we want them to graduate with a plan, whether it's college or career.

I have something stupid, like, 12 credits, to graduate.

My boys have both said they want to be in the movies or on TV, and anytime I hear that, I say, 'That's wonderful; you're free to do it right after you graduate from college.'

I didn't go to business school. I actually didn't even graduate high school. I ended up with a GED. So everything that I've learned in business, I've learned through experience.

We have too few college graduates. We also have too few people who are prepared for college.

I thought that's what you did, you know? You graduate high school, you went to work.

We want every guy to graduate, and we work very hard on that.

I think that for me, as a UNC graduate, I value my education - I think everyone who's gone to that university values education.

It started with my mom; she always wanted me to get my degree and graduate.

I didn't graduate high school.

We must ensure that our students graduate high school and then earn a postsecondary certificate or degree.

Obviously, I'm going to graduate college. So if sports don't work out, I'll have something to fall back on.

It's always a big accomplishment to graduate from a university.