School Quotes
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We live in Palo Alto, which has, fortunately, one of the greatest school districts in the country.
Priscilla Chan
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I was bullied in school, but thankfully, I was surrounded by amazing family that love me and kept my head high and didn't allow me to fall into depression because of it.
Joanna Krupa
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I went to Catholic school in and out. I'm what you call a recovering Catholic. I have many major issues with the church.
Jon Bon Jovi
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I worked as a belly dancer at a Greek restaurant senior year in high school.
Jessie James Decker
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My father left school at the age of fourteen, so this was a man with no deep experience of formal education.
Peter Carey
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I used to skip out of high school and go flying. It was just one of those things, I thought it was kind of a cool thing to do. I never thought about doing that as a profession, but I started checking things out and I found out there was a flight school down in Daytona Beach, called Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Jerry Doyle
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I started working in the oilfield upon graduating high school. I was on the service end of it, driving tank trucks for Johnny Geer for a couple years and learning about oil and gas production. I had a whole cadre of mentors.
Harold Hamm
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You're not a bad parent if you don't save for your kid's college because instead you had to choose to feed them and clothe them. Those things come first. They can go to school and do this thing called 'work' while they're in school.
Dave Ramsey
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The last person to teach me how to act was my A-level Theatre Studies teacher at school, which I literally still draw on. Got an A!
Joe Thomas
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I went to Columbia film school; that's where I met Matthew Weisman. We then became writing partners, graduated, and moved out to Los Angeles. I didn't know a soul.
Jeph Loeb
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Whether you're a high school student, attend traditional college, or take night classes while working full-time, it is imperative that you are given the tools necessary to become competitive in the workforce.
Elise Stefanik
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I think the gay - the gay/straight alliances in the school are very useful as far as creating understanding among kids and so kids aren't necessarily so stigmatized or demonized for being who they really are.
Jeanne Phillips
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I started in high school and then I went onto professional training after that.
Bruce Boxleitner
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I came back and decided that I wanted to go to college for acting and got my family on board. My mom, who was a single mom, was a little reticent, but I think after that summer [in the Governor's School], she saw a shift in me and realized that it was something I wanted more than just a hobby.
Zachary Quinto
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I did a show when I was two, but I didn't start acting as a child. I wanted to go to school every day and be with my friends and really have that experience.
Lily Collins
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Prior to high school, I played a lot of neighborhood football.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
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I don't go to parties even when I'm invited. I've always been an 80-year-old woman inside. I remember going to my first school dance petrified. I just wanted to leave. Like, This is cool, but I'm ready to go home now.
Zendaya
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I love music, and I love sports. I played sports all throughout school.
Elliot Knight
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You know, in the 1970's, when I was in high school, I belonged to a band called the Happy Funk Band. Until an unfortunate typo caused us to be expelled from school.
Colin Mochrie
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When I was at school, you had to choose; there was a lot of pressure to assimilate. You were an Aussie, or you were one of 'the wogs' - which was everybody else. But I didn't want to be in either group, so I felt like an odd one out.
Jonathan LaPaglia
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About a month ago, he didn't come to school and we had subs, and we were all wondering what was going on. We tried asking the school and they wouldn't tell us any information.
Ashley Smith
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What strikes me about high-school reunions is the realization that these are people one has known one's whole life.
Paul Theroux
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I did photography in summer camp; I did it in high school. The only hard decision I've had to make was whether to go towards photo or film. And I ultimately realized that the type of photo I was interested in was actually photojournalism. And it's a very individualist career, whereas film is a very team-driven medium. So that's why I chose film.
Rachel Morrison
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She was surprised at how tiny it seemed now. She supposed the school was just as big as it had ever been only her eyes had grown used to looking at bigger things.
Betty Smith