Quotes tagged ‘College’

“To those of you graduates sitting out there who have a pretty good idea of what you’d like to do with your life: Congratulations. For many of you who maybe don’t have it all figured out, it’s okay. That’s the same chair that I sat in. Enjoy the process of your search without succumbing to the pressu…”

— Will Ferrell, slashfilm.com

“Study broadly. I think it’s really valuable to take classes in lots of different departments because you’ll be surprised how the classes you don’t think you’re interested in end up shaping your life.”

— John Green, youtube.com

“I would argue that it is not that difficult to skate by at most colleges. That said, it turns out to be a huge mistake to ignore the academic facets of college; partly because the point of life is to engage as deeply as possible with the miracle of human consciousness, and partly because there will…”

— John Green, youtube.com

“The friends you make in college are friends you'll have for life, even if you don't talk for years at a time.”

— Jessica Park, amazon.com

“Boys are taught, sometimes with the best of intentions, to mutate their emotional suffering into anger... Despite the emergence of the metrosexual and an increase in stay-at-home dads, tough-guy stereotypes die hard. As men continue to fall behind women in college, while outpacing them four to one i…”

— Andrew Reiner, nytimes.com

“I stopped playing colleges, and the reason is because they’re way too conservative.”

— Chris Rock, vulture.com

“Sex; sexuality: these too were things he should have sorted out in college, the last place where such insecurity was not just tolerated but encouraged.”

— Hanya Yanagihara, amazon.com

“Did you like high school or college better?”

— Samantha Rodman, lifehack.org

“Almost NOTHING you learned in school or college can help you deal with the roller coaster ride that your twenties are… except maybe landing a job that pays the bills.”

— Divya Mohan, thoughtcatalog.com

“A liberal arts degree actually is good for something. Because of its diversity, the liberal arts provide a surprisingly good base for growth and learning.”

— Kenneth Burke, thoughtcatalog.com

“Tom [Starts to take a drink of champagne]: 'That was actually my nickname in college. They called me "Perfectly Adequate" Hansen.' Summer: 'They used to call me "Anal Girl."' [Tom nearly gags on his drink] Summer: '...I was very neat and... organized.'”

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Tom, Summer, amazon.com

“College is about figuring out who you are, and in order to do that, you need to become a lot of people you aren’t.”

— Ryan O'Connell, amazon.com

“The end of college is not the end of the world, nor the end of fun.”

— Brandon Wenerd, thoughtcatalog.com

“Underneath the bleachers at the closest college campus you can find.”

— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com

“What a perfect time in your life to go to night school or study online or completely change career tracks. Figure out what you are passionate about and go for it. There is no one to hold you back but yourself.”

— Nicole Baikie, yourtango.com

“We have obscene student loan debt — and we don't want to deal with anybody else's.”

— Jenny Kutner, mic.com

“The scholar's greatest weakness: calling procrastination research.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

“College students who tend to study alone learn more over time than those who work in groups. Even elite athletes in team sports often spend unusual amounts of time in solitary practice.”

— Susan Cain, amazon.com

“As you get older, you’re kind of thankful for being an only child. You realize what you have, and what could have never been attained if other siblings were in the mix. College, shopping and even your first car were (somewhat) guaranteed to happen.”

— Emory Ann, thoughtcatalog.com

“And it’s a story that might bore you but you don’t have to listen, she told me, because she always knew it was going to be like that, and it was, she thinks, her first year, or, actually weekend, really a Friday, in September, at Camden, and this was three or four years ago, and she got so drunk tha…”

— Bret Easton Ellis, amazon.com