Famous Quotes & Sayings

A. A. Milne

Whereas men of an older school, like myself, smoke for the pleasure of smoking, men of this school smoke for the pleasure of pipe-owning-of selecting which of their many white-spotted pipes they will fill with their specially blended tobacco, of filling the one so chosen, of lighting it, of taking it from the mouth to gaze lovingly at the white spot and thus letting it go out, of lighting it again and letting it go out again, of polishing it up with their own special polisher and putting it to bed, and then the pleasure of beginning all over again with another white-spotted one.

Adrian Cronauer

One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution.

Adrian Belew

Age 10. I joined the school marching band as a drummer.

Adora Svitak

We're used to the characteristics of social media - participation, connection, instant gratification - and when school doesn't offer the same, it's easy to tune out.

Adam Weishaupt

It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools.

Adam Weishaupt

We must win the common people in every corner. This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and by open, hearty behavior, show, condescension, popularity, and toleration of their prejudices, which we shall at leisure root out and dispel.

Adam Oates

I was 19 years old, pumping gas and going nowhere. I was kind of a high school dropout at that point because I had left school to play hockey, but no one drafted me.

Adam Pally

People, when they come up to me, are like, Did we go to high school together? Or did I make out with you at sleepaway camp? And oftentimes, yes, that is the answer, because I went to a giant high school and made out with everybody.

Adam Rapp

I would hope that the staffs at juvenile detention centers and reform schools are carefully chosen so that there is a community of support and hope.

Adam Levine

Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.

Adam Lambert

When I was in high school I was 250 pounds.

Adam Lambert

I never wore full-on eyeliner in high school, but I wanted to.

Adam Kluger

I initially wanted to work in the music industry more on the A&R side. While I was in school, I began working in the New Business department of an advertising firm, and very quickly I was responsible for roughly 70% of their business, so you could say I had a natural knack for the advertising world.

Abe Fortas

In order for the State in the person of school officials to justify prohibition of a particular expression of opinion, it must be able to show that its action was caused by something more than a mere desire to avoid the discomfort and unpleasantness that always accompany an unpopular viewpoint.

Abraham Kuyper

Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises an immeasurable influence on the whole condition of human life. This sovereignty of genius is a gift of God, possessed only by his grace. It is subject to no one and is responsible to him alone who has granted it this ascendancy.

Ludwig von Mises

The policies advocated by the welfare school remove the incentive to saving on the part of private citizens.

Ludwig von Mises

The school is a political prize of the highest importance. It cannot be deprived of its political character as long as it remains a public and compulsory institution.

Ludwig von Mises

No matter how efficient school training may be, it would only produce stagnation, orthodoxy, and rigid pedantry if there were no uncommon men pushing forward beyond the wisdom of their tutors.

Ludwig von Mises

Continued adherence to a policy of compulsory education is utterly incompatible with efforts to establish lasting peace.

We wanted to participate in Youth Day of Caring, and we wanted something the whole school could participate in.

Robert Kiyosaki

Schools teach you how to work for money, but don't teach how to make money work for you

Robert Kiyosaki

We were not taught financial literacy in school. It takes a lot of work and time to change your thinking and to become financially literate.

William Shakespeare

I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall; I'll slay more gazers than the basalisks; I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, Decieve more slily that Ulysses could, And like a Sinon, take another Troy. I can add colors to the chameleon, Change shapes with Proteus for advantages And set the murderous Machiavel to school. Can I do this, and cannot get a crown? Tut! were it further off, I'll pluck it down.

Paul Thomas Anderson

I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing.

Priscilla Chan

We live in Palo Alto, which has, fortunately, one of the greatest school districts in the country.

We only have two seniors. One of them was on a school trip today.

Robbie Williams

I'm not educated. I left school when I was 16, with no qualifications.

Roz Chast

For me, drawing was an outlet. No one in school said, 'Oh, she can do sports,' or, 'She's pretty,' but I could draw.

Daniel Tosh

High school is just like glee, a bunch of people dying of drug overdose.

Dana Spiotta

Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had the experience of being bad at artistic endeavor.

Dane Cook

I was home educated but would skip my lessons to go hang out at school.

Dane Cook

I was very good at kickball ... I was wonderful at ah doing that kick and your leg goes up and your shoe went on top of the school

Dane Cook

In school I was pretty quiet. Kinda shy until my junior year. But at home I was a freak.