Homework Quotes

• No kid should be getting three or four hours of homework a night. There's no breathing time, there's no family time, there are just extracurriculars and homework and then go to bed.

  Ross W. Greene

  Kids, Night, Breathing

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Nothing is more powerful for your future than being a gatherer of good ideas and information. That's called doing your homework.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Powerful, Future

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 13, 2016

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• Homework strongly indicates that the teachers are not doing their jobs well enough during the school day. It's not like they'll let you bring your home stuff to school and work on it there. You can't say, 'I didn't finish sleeping at home, so I have to work on finishing my sleep here.

  Jim Benton

  Teacher, Jobs, Home

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• A genius is a talented person who does his homework.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Ballet, Doe, Genius

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• Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. As a result, a genius is often a talented person who has simply done all of his homework.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Ninety Nine

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• Homework is a term that means grown up imposed yet self-afflicting torture.

  James Patterson

  Mean, Self, Torture

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• You will never get anywhere if you do not do your homework.

  Jim Rogers

  Ifs

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• I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.

  Lily Tomlin

  Education, Appreciation, Teacher

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• When was the last time you used the words 'teach me'? Maybe not since you started first grade? Here's an irony about school: The daily grind of tests, homework, and pressures sometimes blunts rather than stimulates a thirst for knowledge.

  Jerry Spinelli

  School, Tests, Lasts

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• We're doing our homework to make sure we're prepared.

  Gary Gait

  Lacrosse, Prepared

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• The more you do your homework, the more you're free to be intuitive. But you've got to put the work in.

  Edward Norton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Acting

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• One of the greatest gifts a caring teacher can contribute to children is to help them learn to sit when they feel like running, to raise their hand when they feel like talking, to be polite to their neighbor, to stand in line without pushing, and to do their homework when they feel like playing. By introducing procedures in the classroom, you are also introducing procedures as a way of living a happy and successful life.

  Harry Wong

  Running, Teacher, Children

  Harry K. Wong, Rosemary Tripi Wong, Chelonnda Seroyer (2009). “The First Days of School: How to be an Effective Teacher”, Harry K Wong Publication

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• College is about three things: homework, fun, and sleep...but you can only choose two.

  Andy Stern

  Fun, Sleep, College

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• I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation.

  Bill Watterson

  Skills, Use, Negotiation

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• If you want to be lucky, do your homework.

  Jim Rogers

  Lucky, Want, Ifs

  Jim Rogers (2013). “Street Smarts: Adventures on the Road and in the Markets”, p.46, Crown Business

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• My life is a black hole of boredom and despair." "So basically you've been doing homework." "Like I said, black hole.

  Kiersten White

  Boredom, Black, Despair

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• Do as much homework as you can. Learn everybody's job and don't just settle.

  Michael B. Jordan

  Jobs, Settling

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared.

  Merlin Olsen

  Funny, Pain, Nfl

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

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• You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.

  Daisy Fuentes

  Waiting, Attention, Pay

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

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• Do your homework and stand your ground.

  Peter Bart

  Interesting, Stand Your Ground

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• When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.'

  Thomas Friedman

  Education, Daughter, Mother

  "Why the World Is Flat". Interview with Daniel H. Pink, www.wired.com. May 1, 2005.

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• Do your homework and know your facts, but remember it's passion that persuades.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Life Lesson, Passion, Facts

  H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.150, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Inspiration comes in the middle of the night when you should be doing homework.

  Amy Lee

  Inspiration, Night, Evanescence

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• The same people who never did their homework in high school are still doing that to this very day out in the real world.

  Jules Shear

  Funny, Real, School

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• After your first job, is anyone asking you what your GPA was? No, they don't care. They ask you: Are you a good leader? Do people follow you? Do you have integrity? Are you innovative? Do you solve problems? Somebody's got to do that homework and redesign the educational system so that it can actually train people to be successful in life.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Jobs, Educational, Integrity

  "Global Ideas from Pluto's Challenger". May 21, 2009.

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