Learning & Education: Student Quotes

Explore a curated collection of student-focused quotations that celebrate curiosity, persistence, and the daily journey of learning. These selections highlight study habits, teamwork, resilience, and the joy of discovery, offering perspective for classrooms, campuses, and self-guided study. Whether seeking encouragement before exams or reflection after lessons, the quotes aim to inspire consistent effort and growth-minded thinking. Use them to spark discussion, set intentions, or refresh motivation during projects, group work, and long-term academic goals.

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"I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off"

Roger McGough, Poet

Roger McGough

"Christ, seven years of college, down the drain"

John Belushi, Comedian

John Belushi

"Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new"

Og Mandino, Author

Og Mandino

"I founded Turning Point U.S.A. to take the fight for ideological diversity directly to a progressive stronghold: the nation's leading colleges and universities"

Charlie Kirk, Politician

Charlie Kirk

"I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching"

Twyla Tharp, Dancer

Twyla Tharp

"Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace"

Barbara Mikulski, Politician

"Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents"

Conrad Burns, Politician

"It makes no difference how low tuition is if the student has no source of funds to pay that tuition"

James E. Rogers, Educator

"Many students graduate from college and professional schools, including those of social work, nursing, medicine, teaching and law, with crushing debt burdens"

Jon Porter, Politician

"Yes, college tuition is a problem for many young Americans, but it is a problem exacerbated by government subsidies and an overwhelming demand to get a college degree, despite high dropout rates"

Charlie Kirk, Politician

Charlie Kirk

"The more money Washington puts into the hands of students only enables the colleges and universities to continue propping up the price of education"

Charlie Kirk, Politician

Charlie Kirk

"In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class"

Beth Henley, Playwright

Beth Henley

"Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class"

Beth Henley, Playwright

Beth Henley

"Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful theatre department"

Beth Henley, Playwright

Beth Henley

"As an undergraduate I held many small jobs as an illustrator"

Robert T. Bakker, Scientist

Robert T. Bakker

"So we know that it's not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make sure that they can actually afford it"

Michelle Obama, First Lady

Michelle Obama

"I went to college in Mississippi; I'm from Louisiana"

Trishelle Cannatella, Celebrity

Trishelle Cannatella

"I loved school, I loved putting on my uniform and doing homework every day. I was one of those good students that the teachers liked. I guess that's got to be a pretty nerdy, geeky part of me"

Yvonne Strahovski, Actress

Yvonne Strahovski

"I was a dummy in school"

Alan Ladd, Actor

"Through art and science in their broadest senses it is possible to make a permanent contribution towards the improvement and enrichment of human life and it is these pursuits that we students are engaged in"

Frederick Sanger, Scientist

Frederick Sanger

"The educational resources provided by a child's fellow students are more important for his achievement than are the resources provided by the school board"

James S. Coleman, Sociologist

"Is it not dangerous to have students study together for years, copying the same models and approximately the same path?"

Theodore Gericault, Artist

Theodore Gericault

"Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time"

Frank Shorter, Athlete

"We need to be able to go to school and feel safe and accepted for who we are"

Paul Scott, Novelist

"If one student is unable to get online, it cripples that student's team and puts the whole course in jeopardy"

John Gallagher, Businessman

"Since I started Turning Point U.S.A., almost all millennials are off the college campuses, where the organization and I continue to focus much of our efforts"

Charlie Kirk, Politician

Charlie Kirk

"You can't watch Fox News without seeing five or six segments a day about the nuttiness on college campuses"

Charlie Kirk, Politician

Charlie Kirk

"The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called "life", expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing"

Edsger Dijkstra, Scientist

Edsger Dijkstra

"All students can learn"

Christopher Morley, Author

Christopher Morley

"Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul"

Louis Kahn, Architect

"College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families"

Barbara Mikulski, Politician

"The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement"

James S. Coleman, Sociologist

"It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and that scholastic achievement is at most of minor importance in giving status or prestige to an adolescent in the eyes of other adolescents"

James S. Coleman, Sociologist

"It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry"

Edward W. Howe, Writer

"Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it"

Allan Bloom, Philosopher

Allan Bloom

"Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now, they will pay higher taxes to pay other people's tuition for the rest of their lives, most of them ended up agreeing with me"

Jesse Ventura, Politician

"At North Hollywood High School, I was shunned by everyone. I would sit down in the cafeteria, and students would get up from the table and walk away. They thought I was from the Mafia"

Philip Zimbardo, Psychologist

"I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad"

Andrew Greeley, Clergyman

"I was on the math team, and I was on the soccer team"

Sydney Sweeney, Actress

Sydney Sweeney

"I dropped out of school in the 11th grade because there was no purpose in it for me. I'm not proud of this, and I'm not trying to promote it"

Lisa Marie Presley, Musician

Lisa Marie Presley

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