Matteo Manassero Quotes

My parents were the good parents that said, 'You should try and get a good job and go to college and get an education.'

My mom, she wanted me to go to college and then after that you could do what you want.

My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.

I need good grades because I want to go on to do A-Levels. I'm just not sure yet about whether I will go to university, because I really want to see what happens with the acting.

When I finished high school, it was clear to me that I would study mathematics, even if I also considered economics and psychology.

The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner.

Both of my parents graduated from high school, both attended college, both have government jobs now. They've always been very adamant about me finishing high school and finishing college.

I never thought about college, but my mom thought about it for me. I knew 100 percent it wasn't for me.

I moved to Mumbai to pursue my degree after high school.

My whole life, they said, 'Do not act. You need to get a college degree'.

When I go back into education, I'm going to do business studies.

I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.

I came from a traditional immigrant family where education meant there were only a few valid paths: doctor or lawyer - and I didn't want to be either one.

It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career - as well as a family - of my own. Both my parents, but especially my mother, encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible.

Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an astronomer, but I figured I'd try it, and if I didn't get far enough, I could always end up teaching in high school or math or physics.

My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance.

I need to decide whether to apply for college or delay it for a couple of years while I pursue some more acting projects. Right now I'm trying to sort things out, so I can make the right choices.

The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely to be in school, more likely to stay out of trouble and more likely to complete their education.

Every young man or woman should weigh the matter well before concluding that a college education is out of the question.

I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life.

I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college to be where I am today. Not to put college down, but for me, it would be digressing.

I had, before I went to college, I had taken a few years off after high school and really had, I guess in those days, I had no intentions of going to college.

Going to college was something that I didn't want to do.

I'd like to go to NYU business school and then go on to film school.

When I finished school, everyone wanted to go to a good university and become a lawyer or a doctor. My A-levels were sort of chosen for me.