Quotes tagged ‘School’

“Heidi: School gets in the way of everything. I’m like ready to finish already. Lauren: Heidi, you haven’t even started here”

— Lauren Conrad, imdb.com

“If you get overwhelmed, let yourself feel it — just maybe not in class.”

— Lily Puckett, teenvogue.com

“Quizmaster: No, I’m here to inform you that you can expect a very big Witch Exam sometime soon. Sabrina: It doesn’t involve changing the earth’s orbit, does it? Because the last time I tried that, a little thing called El Nino happened.”

— David Lesser, Sabrina Spellman, Melissa Joan Hart, imdb.com

“I just don’t get why they’re making us read 1984 when Orwell got so much wrong...”

— Frank Conniff, Sabrina Spellman, Melissa Joan Hart, imdb.com

“Sabrina: Wait a second, how can being sentenced to teaching high school be sufficient punishment? Zelda: Because it’s the worst thing Mr. Rothwell can imagine. Sabrina: But now kids are going to be stuck with him, year after year! Zelda: Well, whether he means to or not, he teaches a valuable lesson…”

— Nell Scovell, Norma Safford Vela, Sabrina Spellman, Melissa Joan Hart, imdb.com

“Zelda: I wanted to discuss this rationally but you’re making it hard. Mr. Rothwell: Hey, she failed the test — what do you want me to do about it? Zelda: But the circumstances were unfair! Mr. Rothwell: Look, if it makes you feel better, you can blame this on me. But I think we both know these probl…”

— Nell Scovell, Norma Safford Vela, Zelda Spellman, Beth Broderick, imdb.com

“Sabrina: Libby caught me coming out of Science Club. Zelda: You went to Science Club? Oh, that’s wonderful! Sabrina: No, it’s not! Now Libby thinks I’m a complete geek! Hilda: I knew this would happen; it’s Zelda’s influence. I begged you to watch TV with me so you’d be normal.”

— Rachel Lipman, Hilda Spellman, Caroline Rhea, imdb.com

“Harvey: You know, the only reason I took Home Ec. was so I could eat during class; Coach says I’ve still got to bulk up, and carbo-loading can get pretty lonely... Sabrina: Well, we’ll keep you company any time you have to eat. Jenny: Yeah, we’re good at that. Harvey: Hey, I’m going to the pizza pla…”

— Norma Safford Vela, Harvey Kinkle, Nate Richert, imdb.com

“Chidi: I just want to have a little chat about your progress. In the last homework assignment, I asked you to examine the ethics of 'Les Misérables,' in which a man steals a loaf of bread to feed his starving family. Would you please read your first paragraph here? Michael: 'Everyone in this story s…”

— Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan, Michael, Ted Danson, imdb.com

“Richie: You make school sound like good fun. Fonzie: Well, school's got good points. I mean, smoking in the bathroom, cutting classes, showing my tattoo to the chicks.”

— Bob Brunner, William Bickley, Richie Cunningham, Ron Howard, imdb.com

“Yeah. I'm tired of being at a school where the kids just think they're cooler than me. I want to go to one where they're smarter than me also.”

— Glenn Eichler, Daria Morgendorffer (voice), Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com

“Summer school? Those two words don't go together.”

— Scott Spencer Gordon, Bennett Tramer, Zack Morris, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, imdb.com

“They named a holiday after me. Ricksgiving. They teach kids about me in school!”

— Dan Guterman, Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon, Rick Sanchez (voice), Justin Roiland, imdb.com

“All I have are pictures are of me and my friends from school. What? What teenage girl has pictures of her family? It's not like we're Mormon or dying”

— Mike McMahan, Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon, Summer Smith (voice), Spencer Grammer, imdb.com

“Adults constantly raise the bar on smart children, precisely because they're able to handle it. The children get overwhelmed by the tasks in front of them and gradually lose the sort of openness and sense of accomplishment they innately have. When they're treated like that, children start to crawl i…”

— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com

“Every class has a student like that, one who'll study what he needs to without supervision, who you know will one day attend a top college and get an excellent job. A child who's innately capable.”

— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com

“Me: What did you do at school today? 5-year-old: Learned about dragons. Me: Your class learned about dragons? 5: I learned about dragons. I don't know what everybody else was doing.”

— James Breakwell, twitter.com

“I went to school like any normal kid, until I decided to drop out.”

— Monty Oum, fanboynation.com

“Beware of all politicians everywhere. They excelled at recess when they were in school but have excelled at little since.”

— Jim Rogers, amazon.com

“Schools often fail to simultaneously train students how to be skeptical of claims & how to embrace the weight of evidence.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.com