School Quotes

Small: Just this week, my husband proposed a plan for schools and libraries to develop their own plans to keep childr
"Just this week, my husband proposed a plan for schools and libraries to develop their own plans to keep children from finding indecent material on the Internet as an alternative to a Congressional proposal that would require a federally mandated solution"
Tipper Gore, Celebrity
Small: I had four or five years in school training as a soprano. I fell into pop singing because of economics.
"I had four or five years in school training as a soprano. I fell into pop singing because of economics. I got out of high school and had to go work, and they weren't hiring opera singers"
Jo Stafford, Musician
Small: If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools
"If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools"
Jim DeMint, Politician
Small: When I was at school I used to scream in trains, in those concertina things between the carriages. I used to t
"When I was at school I used to scream in trains, in those concertina things between the carriages. I used to try to be so good that sometimes I couldn't bear it any more"
Jane Birkin, Actress
Small: Failure to properly control our borders costs citizens in many ways: schools become overcrowded, medical resou
"Failure to properly control our borders costs citizens in many ways: schools become overcrowded, medical resources are stretched too thin, other government services are overtaxed, and taxes increase further"
Zach Wamp, Politician
Small: My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I did
"My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I didn't realise I was going to get educated"
Moon Unit Zappa, Musician
Small: I attended a very small junior high and specially in the end that became a disaster. The principal was pretty
Jonathan Brandis
"I attended a very small junior high and specially in the end that became a disaster. The principal was pretty senile and a drunk, so the children more or less runned the school"
Jonathan Brandis, Actor
Small: I finished law school in 56, but I was working two jobs
"I finished law school in '56, but I was working two jobs"
David Dinkins, Politician
Small: I started in high school to be interested in music and from there, I decided to study in college. Yeah, youre
"I started in high school to be interested in music and from there, I decided to study in college. Yeah, you're right, I did start late, but luckily, because of my schooling, I picked up a lot of ground pretty quick"
Jon Secada, Musician
Small: I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful
"I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful"
Tre Cool, Musician
Small: Nowadays people seem to switch schools, either because they have to, and certain schools only serve certain gr
"Nowadays people seem to switch schools, either because they have to, and certain schools only serve certain grades, or because they move to a different place or have some particular interest, but I was in the same school for 13 years"
Steve Case, Businessman
Small: I was the bad kid in school. I was usually in trouble
"I was the bad kid in school. I was usually in trouble"
Scott Caan, Actor
Small: My father died during open-heart surgery on March 29 of my senior year in college. I was getting set to go to
"My father died during open-heart surgery on March 29 of my senior year in college. I was getting set to go to law school. I remember sitting in the waiting room when the doctor walked in. I said to myself, The worst possible thing just happened. What will you do?"
Steve Wynn, Businessman
Small: I enjoyed high school and college, and I think I learned a lot, but that was not really my focus. My focus was
"I enjoyed high school and college, and I think I learned a lot, but that was not really my focus. My focus was on trying to figure out what businesses to start"
Steve Case, Businessman
Small: My parents wanted me to go to law school
"My parents wanted me to go to law school"
Sasha Alexander, Actress
Small: Ive always traveled with a picture of my daughter from 1989, her kindergarten school picture, that has I love
"I've always traveled with a picture of my daughter from 1989, her kindergarten school picture, that has 'I love you, Daddy' written on it. She's always made fun of me because I never changed that picture out. It's like my resistance to her getting older. It was the first thing she'd ever written to me and it means the world to me"
Kiefer Sutherland, Actor
Small: I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago
"I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago"
Harvey Korman, Actor
Small: If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I
"If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued"
Brian P. Cleary, Author
Small: Most of the stuff I learned to play, I learned in high school. I had a band in high school, a jazz-fusion thin
"Most of the stuff I learned to play, I learned in high school. I had a band in high school, a jazz-fusion thing, and I was the keyboard player. I was interested in how the instruments worked and the theory behind playing with them"
Brian McKnight, Musician
Small: Well, I never studied design and I went to art school to study art, you know, sculpture and things like that,
"Well, I never studied design and I went to art school to study art, you know, sculpture and things like that, and ended up making things like sculpture and started making chairs and jewelry together and that's how I started"
Marc Newson, Designer
Small: Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they are very very limiting
"Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they are very very limiting"
Marc Newson, Designer
Small: I want, in this school, that one sex shall have equal advantage with the other, and I want particularly that f
"I want, in this school, that one sex shall have equal advantage with the other, and I want particularly that females shall have open to them every employment suitable to their sex"
Leland Stanford, Businessman
Small: This isnt a little debate society. Thats high school stuff
Sydney Schanberg
"This isn't a little debate society. That's high school stuff"
Sydney Schanberg, Journalist
Small: Weve got a support system that gives our players a wonderful opportunity to graduate. If they go to class and
"We've got a support system that gives our players a wonderful opportunity to graduate. If they go to class and give good effort, they can graduate from this school, and I believe that's important when you go out recruiting"
Steve Spurrier, Coach
Small: Im a big rock star, I got a beautiful girl, and they still call me a fag. Its like high school never ends - th
"I'm a big rock star, I got a beautiful girl, and they still call me a fag. Its' like high school never ends - the jocks are always on top"
Jonathan Davis, Musician
Small: Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an e
"Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on local economies, schools, health care delivery, and public safety all across the country"
Roger Wicker, Politician
Small: But the fact is, no matter how good the teacher, how small the class, how focused on quality education the sch
"But the fact is, no matter how good the teacher, how small the class, how focused on quality education the school may be none of this matters if we ignore the individual needs of our students"
Roy Barnes, Politician
Small: No, my step-daughter just opened a theatre school for children, I have another daughter who works in the recor
"No, my step-daughter just opened a theatre school for children, I have another daughter who works in the record industry and another who is going back to collage and I have two little ones at home"
Rosanne Cash, Musician
Small: I thought I wanted to be a brain surgeon until I realized all the schooling it required. I didnt like school v
Lexa Doig
"I thought I wanted to be a brain surgeon until I realized all the schooling it required. I didn't like school very much so I had to come up with something else"
Lexa Doig, Actress
Small: A number of girls of my acquaintance went to school to the nuns of the Congregational Nunnery, or Sisters of C
"A number of girls of my acquaintance went to school to the nuns of the Congregational Nunnery, or Sisters of Charity, as they are sometimes called"
Maria Monk, Celebrity
Small: My father had a brilliant scholastic record in high school and was awarded a college scholarship. Unfortunatel
Tony Visconti
"My father had a brilliant scholastic record in high school and was awarded a college scholarship. Unfortunately he had to turn it down so that he could continue to support his family"
Tony Visconti, Musician
Small: Over the next two years UNICEF will focus on improving access to and the quality of education to provide child
"Over the next two years UNICEF will focus on improving access to and the quality of education to provide children who have dropped out of school or who work during school hours the opportunity to gain a formal education!"
Roger Moore, Actor
Small: In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, commuting by
"In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, commuting by bicycle about 5 miles from home to school"
Vernon L. Smith, Economist
Small: It wasnt a secret that I was gay. Id come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day t
"It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day that I also wrecked the family car"
Mary Cheney, Celebrity
Small: The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered
"The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school"
Mary Antin, Activist
Small: Actually, the year anniversary of what you just heard, my son Grahame and I are going to be in a play together
"Actually, the year anniversary of what you just heard, my son Grahame and I are going to be in a play together, and I'm acting for the first time in front of an audience that doesn't consist of a high school drama class"
Phil Lesh, Musician
Small: I went to a catholic public school St Helens and learned English by watching bugs bunny cartoons
Nick Mancuso
"I went to a catholic public school St Helens and learned English by watching bugs bunny cartoons"
Nick Mancuso, Actor
Small: We played soccer a lot with our friends and at school. We werent on an official team or anything, but wed defi
Mary-Kate Olsen
"We played soccer a lot with our friends and at school. We weren't on an official team or anything, but we'd definitely be up for it in gym or in after-school pickup games where we live"
Mary-Kate Olsen, Actress
Small: Just as we have had great working lives, we have also had good personal lives. For instance, we have made scho
Mary-Kate Olsen
"Just as we have had great working lives, we have also had good personal lives. For instance, we have made school our number one priority. We have been in school our entire lives with kids our own age. We guess that's pretty regular"
Mary-Kate Olsen, Actress
Small: And then the conditions of safety - or lack of safety - for teachers in public schools, and the disparity betw
"And then the conditions of safety - or lack of safety - for teachers in public schools, and the disparity between public schools and private schools is shameful"
Warren Beatty, Actor
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