Famous Quotes & Sayings

We know that we have a big responsibility to the parents, to the students, and to the public taxpayers to make sure that our students are having the opportunity to graduate in a timely fashion.

John Entwistle

We were gradually playing larger venues and in the early days PA systems were kind of non-existent. So to play loud, we had to use louder equipment. The PA systems back then didn't mic the instruments - only the vocals.

Ravi Shankar

I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music.

We're very pushed to have our grades on target so we can play. We have to make sure all our homework is done.

Usually they're in the ballpark. Seldom do you have a third-round grade and the guy is picked in the first, and seldom do you have a second-round grade and he's picked in the sixth.

Immanuel Kant

Reason does not work instinctively, but requires trial, practice, and instruction in order to gradually progress from one level of insight to another

Investor expectations have moved back over the last week. The market now sees a more gradual pace of easing.

In the long term this is going to be a setback for the market ... It is likely to gradually lessen trade by individual investors.

If you could grade mall ownership, they are in the 'A' class.

Noam Chomsky

In the universities, cheap, vulnerable labor means adjuncts and graduate students.

In the end, test scores and grades are not the only factor.

In smaller learning communities, students do better academically and socially. Students make better grades and graduation rates are a lot higher.

Riki Lindhome

I think my parents wanted me to be whatever I wanted to be. But I do remember them - when I first moved out to L.A. - sending me applications to grad school for teaching.

Chris Thompson

I just stay out of trouble to stay out of trouble. I do it so I can graduate, so I can get out of here.

I just kind of got gradually better and better, and then one day it clicked, and I did pretty well ever since, I'm going to miss it too much after I leave (Manheim Township).

Roy H. Williams

I'm not sure right now. I've got a Grade 3 pull, which is the worst grade, and you just go out there and do what I do with a pull like that.

Jerry Reinsdorf

I'll tell you this much, it can be worn. Unlike many of the championship rings, this does not look like a high school graduation ring. It doesn't have any writing on the top of it.

I just graduated and already I'm way behind.

I promised my mom I'd graduate on time.

Jerry Spinelli

I'm remembering one book that I wrote, 'Fourth Grade Rats,' that took a month to write, but most of them, full-length novels, I would say about a year.

I moved to New York in '92 and got my graduate degree in acting from NYU - they have a great acting program. I graduated in '95.

In general, many people spend more time planning a graduation day or wedding day than planning their retirement. And that's only one day. People should spend time planning for their retirement.

I knew him a lot of years in grade school,

Corey Brewer

I'm gradually getting back. I feel like I'm about 85 to 90 percent.

I left for New York three days after graduation.

Joe Clark

These people are incorrigible. And since none of them could graduate anyway, you are all expurgated. You are dismissed! You are out of here forever! I wish you well.

These people are going to be judging you, and no matter what I say, these grades are going to be final. I need all of your attention. I need 120 percent of your effort.

On campuses, we should have students that graduate that are comfortable working with people different from themselves, who are comfortable in an international kind of arena. That's 21st-century America.

Nothing would make me happier than sitting in the bleachers at Fitch watching Jesse graduate some day. That would truly be the moment of a lifetime.

That means more kids have passed it before getting to 12th grade and don't have it hanging over their head right now.

That's strict. I graduated high school with a 3.3, so I could've come to the game, I guess.

It's like letting students grade their own papers.

Take the initiative and lead the way, You can make the difference.