Brian Stokes Mitchell Quotes

I knew out of high school I didn't want to go to college. I knew what whatever I did wouldn't have anything to do with college.

College isn't necessary for everybody and it's only from what you put into it what you go there for.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't go to college or you shouldn't finish your degree, but sometimes people have a very clear vision about what they want to do, and they just want to get on with it.

Stay in college, kids. Otherwise, you may become an umpire.

Gaining my education from practical experience certainly benefited me. If I had gone on to be a lawyer, my life wouldn't have been anywhere near as interesting.

I didn't want to go get a job or get a degree in business or marketing, or whatever all my friends were getting degrees in.

I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to spend another three years being institutionalised, and I feel that getting out of that system benefited me in quite a few ways.

There's a lot out there for me to learn that isn't in college, so I think it's fine for me if I don't go yet.

Whatever education I got was from experience and reading. But I also realize I wouldn't pass my friend's sixth-grade class.

I don't think that's a fair representation of life, that you have to go to college and do well to get anywhere.

You don't need a four-year college degree if you have burning ambition or a great plan.

I didn't have the luxury of going to the four year school for acting.

I never went to college. I started working when I was 17.

I'm not gonna go to university. I don't want to do anything.

Earning a certificate or degree, or both, after high school opens the door to countless economic opportunities.

I went to school at the University of Rhode Island and pursued a degree in journalism, which is a little bit ironic.

College wasn't for us. We just didn't have the attention span.

I didn't have the patience to wait to take a degree before starting work, because I wanted to run my own business.

My older brother bought textbooks and was able to teach himself enough to go to college. When I was 16, he returned and told me to do the same thing.

I work with kids every day, and I preach to them how much more they make and how much easier it is to get a job when they get a college education.

I'd like to see a reality where, if someone wants to work when they turn 18 to help support their family, and they learn at their own pace on something like the Khan Academy or other things, that they can just, on their own, get a bunch of the credits they need just by testing out of things.

I know that if I had got educated, I might have ended up as a call-center employee.

School really didn't work for me.

If someone chooses a vocational route, why do they not get the same respect in society as someone who just does a pure academic route?

Here's the thing: I consider myself pretty well - for somebody that didn't go to high school, pretty well educated.