Peter Capaldi Quotes

Nontraditional students often have the misconception that aid is intended only for high school students entering college. Luckily, that's not the case.

My undergraduate education, at the City College in New York, was made possible only by the existence of that excellent free institution and the financial sacrifices of my parents.

So you can go to college on Pell Grants - maybe I should not be telling anybody this because it's turning out to be the welfare of the 21st century.

Michelle and I—we’re where we are today only because scholarships and student loans gave us a shot at a great education.

My parents were able to pay our expenses, but not for education. We were encouraged to work hard in school and get scholarships.

I went to nine different universities and never paid a nickle of my own money. My wife got many scholarships. We are children of the United States.

It’s absolutely the case that the low cost college tuition that I was able to enjoy and the financial aid that I was able to receive made my education possible.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

Is there any more important problem than our lack of need-based scholarships? I think not.

There's no constitutional right for your parents to pay for college.

Since most American students cannot simply pay their full tuition out of pocket, financing a college education often takes the form of loans, both private and from the government.

The Christian fact is very straightforward: To be a student is a calling. Your parents are setting up accounts to pay the bills, or you are scraping together your own resources and taking out loans, or a scholarship is making college possible.

It makes no difference how low tuition is if the student has no source of funds to pay that tuition.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.

Pell Grants aren't 'welfare,' they are a gateway to opportunity for some of our nation's best and brightest students.

Will I lose any aid if I talk?

For millions of Americans, federally subsidized student loans and Pell Grants are an important resource for us to get ahead so we can achieve the American dream.

We should be encouraging - not penalizing - folks who want to pursue higher education.

My parents didn't pay for college because we all got scholarships.

People like to say don't abort, adopt. But I'm saying don't strip, scholarship.

I believe the American people are entitled to some straight talk when it comes to higher education funding.

I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.

People of my age who went to college, go into college, you know what it cost back then? Nothing or next to nothing. At the most, you had to work at Dairy Queen during the summer and that would pay for your college education.

Quickly, after I landed in England, I found out ways to get scholarships. England turned out to be a very encouraging place for me.

We need to make college affordable in price, and also have lower-cost student loans and more available grants for students.