Henry David Thoreau Quotes

I never went to college, so I went to the library.

The formal education that I received made little sense to me.

I listen to Radio 4 all the time. I didn't go to university, so that's my further education.

I didn't go to high school, and I didn't go to grade school either. Education, I think, is for refinement and is probably a liability.

Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.

For me, having the opportunity to go to college was very important. To miss out on an education is a loss.

I've never been a big believer in formal education.

Not all knowledge comes from college.

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college.

I was never educated to be an actor. I went to a regular college. It was a great thing for me because I feel that the main thing to get out of college is a thirst for knowledge. College should teach you how to be curious. Most people think that college is the end of education, but it isn't. The ceremony of giving you the diploma is called commencement. And that means you are fit to commence learning because you have learned hot to learn.

Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out.

You don't even need to go to college no more because you could learn how to do everything on YouTube.

My dad was a composer and a musician, but he never finished high school. His formal education was rather minimal from the standards of today's college graduates and Ph.D.'s, but he had a deep interest in questions of science and questions of the universe.

What I learned I learned on my own. I didn't have much school. Three years.

My teacher told me I'd never amount to anything. I left high school at 15, after one year. But my real teachers were all the people around me. And I was a good listener.

If I was going to go to college, I had to have a scholarship. By my sophomore year, it was evident golf was not going to be the path.

Going to college is neither necessary nor sufficient to be well-educated.

I never studied, but I had the best teachers.

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

When it comes to sending my children to college, I want the best education. It's the only thing I'm really leaving them - a good education.

The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but education is available to anyone within reach of a library, a post office, or even a newsstand.

I was born knowing I had to go to college.

My mom never went to college, but for her own children, getting a great education was not an option.

I was the first in my family to go to college.

Education was a big focus for me, before the show and during the show. I applied to four or five colleges and universities and got into three and was planning on going.