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Class Quotes

"I take it for granted that you do not wish to hear an echo from the pulpit nor from the theological class-room."

"I take it for granted that you do not wish to hear an echo from the pulpit nor from the theological class-room."

Asa Gray, American Scientist

3

"I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class."

"I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class."

Maya Lin, American Architect

Class, First, School

3

"In those days I was terrible at athletics and never made a team, but quite easily led my class in academics."

"In those days I was terrible at athletics and never made a team, but quite easily led my class in academics."

William Standish Knowles, American Scientist

3

"I'm painfully middle class."

"I'm painfully middle class."

Valerie Harper, American Actress

Class, Middle class

3

"To the first class belong the Gospels and Acts; to the second, the Epistles; to the third, the Revelation."

"To the first class belong the Gospels and Acts; to the second, the Epistles; to the third, the Revelation."

Philip Schaff, Swiss Theologian

3

"They said, 'If we put you in first class with Brian, will you do it?' So I flew after not having flown in eight years. If there's one person who doesn't like flying as much as me, it's Brian."

"They said, 'If we put you in first class with Brian, will you do it?' So I flew after not having flown in eight years. If there's one person who doesn't like flying as much as me, it's Brian."

Matthew Sweet, American Musician

Class, First, Flying, Will

3

"After taking my B.A. degree in 1939 I remained at the University for a further year to take an advanced course in Biochemistry, and surprised myself and my teachers by obtaining a first class examination result."

"After taking my B.A. degree in 1939 I remained at the University for a further year to take an advanced course in Biochemistry, and surprised myself and my teachers by obtaining a first class examination result."

Frederick Sanger, English Scientist

Class, Examination, First, Result

3

"I'm only going to be running the Pro Class this season, that way I can focus on the Pro Championship."

"I'm only going to be running the Pro Class this season, that way I can focus on the Pro Championship."

Ben Jackson, American Drummer

Class, Focus, Running

3

"If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately."

"If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately."

Lynda Barry, American Cartoonist

3

"A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion."

"A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion."

Barbra Streisand, American Actress

Class, Law, Man, Partnership

3

"I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys."

"I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys."

Faye Dunaway, American Actress

3

"I was always the class clown."

"I was always the class clown."

Kel Mitchell, American Actor

3

"And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not supposed to be."

"And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not supposed to be."

Anne Tyler, American Novelist

Class, America, Fact

2

"Even at Westchester High in West LA, I was class clown."

"Even at Westchester High in West LA, I was class clown."

Phil Hartman, Canadian Actor

2

"My parents were determined to move into the middle class."

"My parents were determined to move into the middle class."

Martin Lewis Perl, American Physicist

Class, Middle class, Parents

2

"The working class will not halt until socialism has been realized."

"The working class will not halt until socialism has been realized."

Ernst Toller, German Playwright

Class, Socialism, Will

2

"I'm saying that the moral climate within the ruling class in this country is not that different from the moral climate within the ruling class of Hitler's Germany."

"I'm saying that the moral climate within the ruling class in this country is not that different from the moral climate within the ruling class of Hitler's Germany."

David Clennon, American Actor

Class, Climate, Country, Germany

2

"I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class."

"I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class."

Phil Collins, English Musician

2

"If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination."

"If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination."

David Allan Coe, American Musician

2

"In a chemistry class there was a guy sitting in front of me doing what looked like a jigsaw puzzle or some really weird kind of thing. He told me he was writing a computer program."

"In a chemistry class there was a guy sitting in front of me doing what looked like a jigsaw puzzle or some really weird kind of thing. He told me he was writing a computer program."

Jon Postel, American Scientist

Class, Computer, Writing

2

"I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level."

"I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level."

Anne Tyler, American Novelist

2

"Every year, I am reminded of the kids who aren't in the freshman class and aren't graduating. I remember every single one of them. That is the worst of times for me, to see the future snuffed out."

"Every year, I am reminded of the kids who aren't in the freshman class and aren't graduating. I remember every single one of them. That is the worst of times for me, to see the future snuffed out."

Donna Shalala, American Public Servant

Class, Future, Kids

2

"My upbringing was very straightforward suburban working class upbringing."

"My upbringing was very straightforward suburban working class upbringing."

Billy Bragg, British Musician

2

"I think our voters have made it clear. Unless someone can demonstrate to me that having larger class sizes is better than having smaller class sizes, I'm not going to support it."

"I think our voters have made it clear. Unless someone can demonstrate to me that having larger class sizes is better than having smaller class sizes, I'm not going to support it."

Ron Klein, American Politician

2

"I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits."

"I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits."

Ritchie Blackmore, English Musician

1

"If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections."

"If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections."

Bebe Neuwirth, American Actress

Class, Electricity, Wrong

1

"It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job."

"It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job."

Alexandre Dumas, French Dramatist

Class, First, Job

1

"No, I don't run all the way. I'm not like an Olympic class runner."

"No, I don't run all the way. I'm not like an Olympic class runner."

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

1

"Then years back, when I moved to California, I happened to see a book about fashions of 19th-century Victorian England, only four pages of which was devoted to the dress of the working class."

"Then years back, when I moved to California, I happened to see a book about fashions of 19th-century Victorian England, only four pages of which was devoted to the dress of the working class."

Martin C. Smith, American Journalist

Class, Dress, England, Years

1

"There is a huge antipathy in England between the north and the south, the working class and the owning class."

"There is a huge antipathy in England between the north and the south, the working class and the owning class."

Martin C. Smith, American Journalist

1

"And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman."

"And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman."

Anthony Trollope, English Author

Class, Gentleman

"The middle class were invented to give the poor hope; the poor, to make the rich feel special; the rich, to humble the middle class."

"The middle class were invented to give the poor hope; the poor, to make the rich feel special; the rich, to humble the middle class."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Class, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Regret

"But I do not admit the comparison between your slaves and even the lowest class of European free labourers, for the former are allowed the exercise of no faculties but those which they enjoy in common with the brutes that perish."

"But I do not admit the comparison between your slaves and even the lowest class of European free labourers, for the former are allowed the exercise of no faculties but those which they enjoy in common with the brutes that perish."

Fanny Kemble, English Actress

Class, Exercise

"Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future."

"Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Class, Future, Middleclass, Nation

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