Lloyd Alexander Quotes

I got alright GCSEs, but I was lost. I didn't know what to do, whether to continue with education, go to uni, go to art school - then again, I was like, 'Maybe I should just go and get a job, start early and make money.'

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

There is no greater ladder into the middle class than education.

A high school and college degree are linked to greater employment prospects, higher earning potential, and the ability to contribute more to our communities.

I think I get way too much credit for making what people consider to be smart choices, but it's only because I made a decision to stop worrying about making money. I had done network sitcoms. I had a nest egg.

I have earned enough money in my life. When I started my career, for about 10 years, I told myself I want to make money. Now, I just want to do different roles.

Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.

I graduated with a degree in musical theater and no skill in anything else to make money; I wish I had gotten a massage therapy kit or something where I could have made my own money.

I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.

I've made a good amount of money. I'm very happy that I can now support my theatre company and support friends and family, and I'm ready to maybe go back to school and change careers.

I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end.

In America today, a young person needs more education after high school just to have a chance to make it in the middle class. Not a guarantee, just a chance to make it.

For me as an individual, it's important that I have a career as a role model for my children, that I earn my own money, and I spend it prudently and imprudently.

90% of the fastest growing jobs require some form of post-secondary education.

I've gone to school for business, for design, for architecture.

When I came back to go back to school on my time off from modeling, I went to Palomar.

I told my mom for years that I wanted to be a manicurist, and she'd always be like, 'But what if you went to college and you got a degree?' She'd try to explain how I could actually do a thing that would make me a ton of money, or that I didn't have to just pick the business that was closest to our house.

I want to finish high school, but that will be it.

My family was very supportive, but also very insistent that I finish school, and to be honest, I wanted to finish school.

My whole life, they said, 'Do not act. You need to get a college degree'.

I have a passion for music; I love music. But I also have a passion for money and paying my bills.

You know when I was a high school student I wasn't a very good student. Upon graduation we were asked if we would become a full working adult or go to university. I decided to go to film school and still to this day I try to avoid being a full working adult.

I've made a lot of money, and more importantly, I've saved a lot of money.

I always liked having my own money and buying my own stuff. I didn't want to depend on somebody to do it for me.

I was able to save up a lot of money over the years of working hard so that I can buy myself cute shoes.