Gerald Green Quotes

When I was growing up, I always knew I'd be in the top of my class in math, and that gave me a lot of self-confidence.

John Edwards comes from working folk, just like me. John Edwards worked hard and excelled to get his education, just like me.

And finally I begin to have such a success in my examinations that I found myself in a career you see.

I made good grades in school.

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

I was always a very good student.

I just want to show the world it's never too late to get your diploma, and show kids they should stay in school and not wait until you're old to get it.

At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and I realized that my success was directly proportionate to the work I put in.

I myself scraped seven poor passes at O-level.

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

I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.

I wasn't the guy who got straight As. I got As and Bs and a couple Cs.

Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.

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.

The most important thing for me is education, and my family were really supportive in making sure I did the best I could.

I was a good student. I started college at 16 years old and did okay.

My brother Kobi made my mother very proud when he was elected deputy mayor of Jerusalem. My sister made her proud when she got an advanced university degree, finishing cum laude, and I could not have given my mother a better present than having her come to the Knesset to witness my swearing-in as a minister.

Call me old-fashioned, but it's always been my firm belief that a teacher's job should be for each of his or her students to finish the year with a grade of 100%.

I'm not selfish. I am where I am because I have worked very hard and have always done my job.

While I was in school, a local magazine picked the 10 best students, and they picked me and profiled me in the magazine.

If I had been a good student and an achiever, I might have been excited by a more systematic approach to writing than what I do.

For me, at least with my parents, I feel that they wanted me to have all the opportunities that they did not have, and for them, that meant going to private school.

I'm very proud to tell you guys I have been accepted into Stanford University, one of the main institutions of learning and research in the world.

In my family, graduating and getting your bachelor's is just the beginning. It's only expected. You're underachieving if you don't strive for more than that.

I left my mark in the college game, and I'm definitely happy about that.