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College Quotes


"Even though college has been hard, I don't want to give up."


"One half who graduate from college never read another book."


"The college stations have a big voice, and I would like to become more involved with them. I would like to have symposiums with the members of various college radio stations."


"I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going to get a real job - so I started doing a little standup."


"A telephone survey says that 51 percent of college students drink until they pass out at least once a month. The other 49 percent didn't answer the phone."


"College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back."


"Pre-teens, teens and college students have unlimited access to the Internet - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Because of the repeated exposure they have to illegal Internet gambling sites, they fall victim by the thousands."


"Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that."


"From 1931 to 1937, I was a Fellow and Lecturer in Economics at Hertford College, Oxford."


"The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other."


"When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur."



"I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on mathematics and physics. In 1942, I travelled to Cambridge to take the scholarship examination at Trinity College, received an award and entered the university in October 1943."


"I had done a lot of rock 'n' roll photography when I was in college. I was one of many photographers who worked for The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, and all of these rock 'n' roll bands."


"The result was, when Congress convened in January 1971, everyone was now an environmentalist. They had seen a new force, college students, who favored the environment."


"For me, college wasn't a breeze. I had 8 o'clock classes, I worked from 3 to 11 at the Settlement House. On weekends, if Northwestern Bell needed me, I'd troubleshoot for them, and I had a steady girl. God!"


"The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway."


"Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College."


"In 1960, I went to St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and received the B.A. degree in Chemistry in 1964."


"As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur."


"My major in college was Chinese Studies. It was very intentional."


"I started college Pre-Med. That lasted about half a semester."


"I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law."


"I didn't really have a plan of attack when I got in college."


"The preparation I had in college was the most valuable."


"I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated."


"Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans."


"Do you realize that if we could increase just by 50 percent the number of adults who have a college degree, it would add $5 billion to the economy and it would result in a net income to the state of Arkansas of $340 million a year?"


"The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina."


"Seriousness is stupidity sent to college."


"At our college we were taught a universal approach to find out about a person: what problems the person has, what difficulties, what personal tendencies and likings."


"My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl."


"At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter."
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