Ransom Riggs Quotes

I guess you could say I was kind of a nerd in high school, so I was in the upper division math courses - I embrace my inner nerd.

In school the kids thought I was freaky because I made straight A's and daydreamed a lot.

When I came to Berkeley, I met all these Nobel laureates and I got to know that they were regular people. They were very smart and very motivated and worked very hard, but they were still humans, whereas before they were kind of mythical creatures to me.

I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.

I excelled in English while I was at school.

It wasn't just OK to achieve in my family - it was expected.

I was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in it, so I always got my exams but never had the scholar's love of learning for its own sake.

I am very proud of my nerd-dom.

You know, I never really paid attention to sports, which, coming from the mecca of football in Texas, is kind of odd. I played sports, but I was nerdy. Having a single mother, the pressure was on me to get good grades and a scholarship and go to college.

I was a D student in high school and on the dean's list in college.

I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.

Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?

I was a very studious student and usually got A's. I did not like school, because I wasn't popular - I was a nerd.

I didn't care for school much - it was very strict, corporal punishment in the form of the 'tawse' was common and unpredictable, and I was often afraid - but I believe that I did well enough; indeed, my mother always regretted that I had not stayed long enough to become the 'dux,' as the best pupil was called.

I always stayed on top of my schoolwork. I did it because I had to and because I had a strict father. He made sure I did my homework and told me not to mess around in class.

Since I come from an educated background, I love to study.

I loved school as a kid. I was a bit of a nerd.

I was actually valedictorian of my class.

When I was in year nine at school I was told I'd get no GCSEs by teachers who didn't believe in me - but I ended up leaving with 13 A*s to Cs so I'm pretty proud of that.

Sometimes you have Harvard undergraduates who stun you with the depth of their knowledge. That is why it is great to be at a university like this.

I think there are really are some public schools, incredibly successful public schools, that are inculcating a real educational ethic in their students.

I'm really proud of what we are building at the University of Houston, and hope I spend the rest of my career here.

Like so many other grammar schools that flourished in Britain before they were abolished through a mix of ideology and political folly, Harrow County was a fiercely competitive institution, where all boys were taught to strive for excellence. It was precisely because of this demanding regime that results were so good.

I wanted to do well academically. But it was equally important to do things in an effortless manner.

At school in the 1970s, no one cared about bullying. I spent the first four years being the apple of the teachers' eye and being bullied for it.