Bill Cosby Quotes

A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.

My parents really pushed me to excel in school. Education was always important to them, so it was important to me.

So my son is very curious, which is fantastic. He loves school. So I don't have to encourage him too much, but I love to do it because I know it's meaningful and words are powerful.

These years of the Ecole Normale were an ordeal. Nothing was handed to me on the first try.

What we look for in the school is unrealized potential.

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

In junior high school, I learned that I could be good at school. I remember liking the freedom to choose classes and the pleasure of learning and doing well. My perseverance and love of reading had somehow allowed me to overcome many disadvantages of dyslexia, and I read a lot of books for pleasure.

My dad grew up in a mud hut and studied by candlelight. He was 14 when he got a scholarship to Russia. He was super clever - the cleverest person. He landed in 5ft of snow, and was alone at 14, studying science and engineering. He didn't have a bed, and he slept on a table.

The only thing that matters with my kids are them graduating and playing well, and I try to do my dangedest to get them to play well.

I've always been surrounded by many great people and professors, but my family, especially my mom who was a teacher, was the person who encouraged me to study and pushed me to continue. When we're young, we don't understand why our parents bug us so much with school and doing homework, but it's a blessing to have that support at home.

A person's school and teachers help lay a strong foundation, which leads to success.

School's always been very important to me.

It is striking to see the magnitude of impact mentorship and tutoring can have on student performance and young lives.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

It's been tough for me being away from the game.

Ask any successful person, and most will tell you that they had a person who believed in them... a teacher, a friend, a parent, a guardian, a sister, a grandmother. It only takes one person, and it doesn't really matter who it is.

The importance of 'Dream School' is monumental. Helping to inspire these students to reach their potential is personally gratifying.

Teachers do the noble work of educating our children. And we can't thank them enough for the hard work they put in every day to ensure a bright future for all of us.

When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.

Times are hard and friends are few.

I had great schooling, and my parents were always in front of me, or next to me, or behind me, making sure I had whatever I needed.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

I was the daughter of teachers, so school was always very important. I liked it.

I have felt for the last 10 years I have had this battle; I've been fighting so hard to have an education. It's been this uphill struggle. I was Warner Bros' pain in the butt. I was their scheduling conflict. I was the one who made life difficult.

School is very important; it was very important for me. It gave me an enormous amount of confidence, especially at Yale where we were dealing with all the classics. In dealing with the classics, you are dealing with the very best.