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College Quotes (page 17)

E. B. White quote: "Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college."
Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college. E. B. White
At Childerstown High School and at college he had never led his class nor taken prizes; but, without being aware that he did, he really blamed this on his failure to work hard, or any harder than he needed to. . . . What he did not know, what Paul Bonbright, among others, showed him, was that those abilities of his that got him, without distinction but also without much exertion, through all previous lessons and examinations, were not first rate abilities handicapped by laziness, but second... James Gould Cozzens
Mark Twain quote: "Some people get an education without going to college. The..."
Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out. Mark Twain
Experiment! Meet new people. That’s better than any college education . . . By adventuring; about, you become accustomed to the unexpected. The unexpected then becomes what it really is . . . the inevitable. Amelia Earhart
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "They were bound for college, husbands, child-rearing,..."
They were bound for college, husbands, child-rearing, unhappiness only dimly perceived- bound, in other words, for life. Jeffrey Eugenides
Betty Smith quote: "Do you hear that, Francie? You're in college! 'oh gosh, I feel..."
Do you hear that, Francie? You're in college! 'oh gosh, I feel sick. Betty Smith
Three days after that, the funeral was held, and while riding from the church to the cemetery Ava looked out the widow and noticed that everyone she passed was crying. "Old people, college students, even the colored men at the gas station-- the soul brothers, or whatever we're supposed to call them now."It was such an outdated term, I just had to use it myself. "How did the soul brothers know your father?"That's just it," she said. "No one told us until after the burial that Kennedy had been... David Sedaris
I had been hobbled, perhaps even crippled by a pervasive internet society I had come to depend on and take for granted... hit enter and let Google, that twenty-first century Big Brother, take care of the rest.In the Derry of 1958, the most up-to-date computers were the size of small housing developments, and the local paper was no help. What did that leave? I remembered a sociology prof ?d had in college - a sarcastic old bastard - who used to say, When all else fails, give up and go to the... Stephen King
All I know is that I carried you for nine months. I fed you, I clothed you, I paid for your college education. Friending me on Facebook seems like a small thing to ask in return. Jodi Picoult
Cole Porter quote: "a college education I would never propose - a bachelor's..."
a college education I would never propose - a bachelor's degree won't even keep you in clothes Cole Porter
L. M. Montgomery quote: "All life lessons are not learned at college,'she thought. Life..."
All life lessons are not learned at college,'she thought. Life teaches them everywhere. L. M. Montgomery
The boys from Staten Island would fill more body bags than Stuyvesant could ever imagine. Mechanics and plumbers had to fight while college students shook indignant fists, fornicated in the fields of Woodstock and sat in. Frank McCourt
I always loved English because whatever human beings are, we are storytellers. It is our stories that give a light to the future. When I went to college I became a history major because history is such a wonderful story of who we think we are. English is much more a story of who we really are. Nikki Giovanni
Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. Martin Luther King jr.
It takes two or three generations to do what I tried to do in one; and my impulses--affections--vices perhaps they should be called-- were too strong not to hamper a man without advantages; who should be as cold-blooded as a fish and as selfish as a pig to have a really good chance of being one of his country's worthies. You may ridicule me--I am quite willing that you should-- I am a fit subject, no doubt. But I think if you knew what I have gone through these last few years you would rather... Thomas Hardy

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