Gautam Adani Quotes

I dropped out of Reed College [Portland, Oregon] after the first six months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

I was probably a B student in high school, but it wasn't until I got to college that I said, 'Oh! This is what it's all about.' And then I became an A student. I studied journalism in college and that's what really kicked it into high gear for me.

Some of my academic friends think I've fallen from a very special grace.

My first priority is my children, and when Brielle's grades were failing, I made it a big, big deal!

I went to one year of college. I only went to class twice a quarter to pass the tests. I thought it was a waste of time.

I was doing B.Tech in Noida, but I dropped out in my second year.

If it wasn't for her literally doing my homework for me, I would not have even graduated high school. Guaranteed . . . My mom always said, 'Luck is nothing but preparation and opportunity.' I think because I've had that history of not really being great in school, I probably try to overcompensate. That's why I try to read so many books. Just so I don't feel . . . uneducated.

College men from L.S.U., went in dumb, come out dumb, too.

I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think it's everything and if you don't do well, your life's over. Opportunities are gone. So the more you do it, the less the fear is present.

I was always pretty good at school, but a lot of it was memorising, maybe cheating off your mates, stuff that gets you through.

I was sort of shocked when it all of a sudden turned out that I got all A's through college, with the exception of two B's in the first term. I never envisaged myself as summa cum laude.

My favorite college experience was probably leaving college.

I quit college so fast I didn't even clean out my locker.

I hated school, but I was a good student. I made straight A's.

When I went to college, I was doing well in school, but I didn't have any drive to study.

I went to Midwood High School in Brooklyn and then to Brooklyn college for 1 1/2 years.

Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren't all that great).

I was no scholar in college, and was arrogant about what I thought.

We've got a support system that gives our players a wonderful opportunity to graduate. If they go to class and give good effort, they can graduate from this school, and I believe that's important when you go out recruiting.

You may be in a medical or engineering college, but not all will stand first in class. It depends on who studies the most.

I won a scholarship with the Brixton School of Building. I screwed around, not putting in a proper attendance.

I was not a good student. I did not spend much time at college; I was too busy enjoying myself.

I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama, English, and history, but in math and science I was a screw-up. Wooster saw something in me, and I really flourished there. I got into theatre, took photography and painting classes.

My first year of college was tough. I thought that just being an athlete I could get by. I thought I was okay until I got kicked out, which happened twice.

I went to Jersey City State College to please a family member. I wasn't prepared for school. To say I failed out is putting it nicely.