College Quotes - Page 5

• I was known around the college for jamming in the lounge.

  Bernie Worrell

  Known

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• I didn't go to college, I went straight from high school to working on I'll Fly Away, I was very, very lucky.

  Jeremy London

  School, Lucky, Boots

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• There was a period when I'd just come out of college where I'd been playing classical guitar and I suddenly realised that it wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.

  Andy Summers

  Guitar, Periods, Wanted

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• Then when I reached college, I realized that many people had thought about the problem during the 18th and 19th centuries and so I studied those methods.

  Andrew Wiles

  Umpires, People, Problem

  "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.

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• I went to college in Mississippi; I'm from Louisiana.

  Trishelle Cannatella

  Louisiana, Mississippi

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• I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley.

  Marjory Stoneman Douglas

  Mind, Good College, Wanted

  Marjory Stoneman Douglas, John Rothchild (1990). “Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Voice of the River”, p.69, Pineapple Press Inc

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• When I was 18, I joined the Screen Actors Guild, and after college I came to New York.

  Marla Maples

  New York, Actors, Guilds

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In 1948 I was appointed to a Lectureship in Physics and in 1949 elected to a Fellowship at Trinity College.

  Martin Ryle

  Fellowship, Physics, Trinity

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• I didn't go to college.

  Shelby Lynne

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• If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself.

  Beverley Mitchell

  Giving, Advice, Pieces

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  The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

  Aristotle

  Graduation, Education, Sweet

  Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

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• Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.

  Abbott Lawrence Lowell

  Funny, Cute, Graduation

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• I'd rather be smart than a movie star.

  Natalie Portman

  Stars, Smart, Campus

  "Cerebral Celebs Give Up Screen for Studies". New York Post, www.foxnews.com. May 23, 2002.

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• Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

  Steve Jobs

  Graduation, Heart, Stanford University

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

  Dr. Seuss

  Life, Graduation, Confidence

  Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Oh, The Places You'll Go”

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• Alabama fans love Alabama football. Auburn fans love Auburn.

  Pat Dye

  Sports, Football, Fans

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• Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

  Oscar Wilde

  Graduation, Education, Time

  Epigrams: Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young Sebastian Melmoth

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• At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.

  Erk Russell

  Football, Southern, Cost

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• After you retire, there's only one big event left....and I ain't ready for that.

  Bobby Bowden

  Football, Events, Bigs

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• I'm really happy for Coach Cooper and the guys who've been around here for six or seven years, especially our seniors.

  Bobby Hoying

  Senior, Football, Seven Years

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• I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.

  Duffy Daugherty

  Football, Motivational Sports, Coaching

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• If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education.

  Murray Warmath

  Football, Team, Nfl

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• They whipped us like a tied up goat.

  Spike Dykes

  Football, Goats, Tied Up

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  I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.

  Knute Rockne

  Football, Prayer, Player

  "Text of Bush's Notre Dame speech". edition.cnn.com. May 20, 2001.

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• Both of my parents are professors and everyone in my family has some fabulous degree of something or another and I couldn't get into college because I didn't know a language.

  Camryn Manheim

  Parent, Degrees, Fabulous

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