Clive Granger Quotes

I was the first person to go to university from my family.

No one in my family graduated from college until my brother did, and then I did.

My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college.

I was the first one in the family, on either side, to go to college - much less graduate school.

For me specifically, it was important to graduate. In my family, I was one of the first graduates. My mom did not have a college degree. My dad did not have a college degree.

No one in my family had ever even gone to college.

I went to Cambridge University and was the first in my family to graduate.

Our family story here is one that we're proud of, and that is that, as the ninth of 10 kids in our family, I was the first who, right out of high school, was able to go to four-year college... it was a big moment in our family's life.

Being the first in my family to go to college, I believe, is my greatest accomplishment. It's not my accomplishment; it's my family's accomplishment.

I was the first in my family to graduate college.

I was the first person in my family to go to university so it was quite a big deal for us.

My older sister, Amy Jo, and I - we are the first generation of my family to stay on at school and do any exams at all.

I was the first boy in the Kennedy family to graduate from college.

I want my kids to graduate from high school. But that's not enough. I also want them to go to college. Why? Because rich people's kids go to college. And if that's good enough for them, it's good enough for my kids. Because you know what? College graduates don't tend to go to jail as frequently as nongraduates.

I don't have a college degree, and my father didn't have a college degree, so when my son, Zachary, graduated from college, I said, 'My boy's got learnin'!'

My parents' greatest wish was that I graduated from college. Neither of my parents had a college education, and they really wanted me to have one.

My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.

Getting a degree from Duke University is an amazing accomplishment for me.

My mother was very strong on me to go to college. No one had ever been to college, including my parents.

I never thought I would get a degree of any type.

I don't come from a lot, so Disney gave me the opportunity to go to college, which is great. My brother and I are some of the first in our family to ever do that.

Although my Dad was a talented calligrapher and both of my younger brothers were successful, I was the first one in my family to graduate from high school.

It is possible to get an education at a university. It has been done; not often.

My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university.

I studied at a university in Florence and finished my degree. My mother was very strict about this recipe: You need to get your degree.