“It is true you can be successful without [college], but this is a hard world, a real world, and you want every advantage you can have. I would suggest to people to do all that you can. When I dropped out of school, I had worked in the music industry and had checks cut in my name from record labels and had a record deal on the table, and when I wasn’t successful and Columbia said, ’We’ll call you,’ I had to go back and work a telemarketing job, go back to the real world, and that’s how life is. Life is hard. Take advantage of your opportunities.” PeopleWorldWantSaidRealHardSchoolJobsLife IsOpportunityNamesDealsSuccessfulRecordsCuttingCollegeIndustryAdvantageTablesChecksLabelsBeing SuccessfulReal WorldMusic IndustryLife Is HardColumbiaTrue YouRecord Labels Author:Kanye West
“Your education never stops and college is just the beginning. You come out of college with a huge advantage in that you've ideally and more times than not you've come out with a love of learning and that's what matters above all.” MatterCollegeHugeAdvantageMore TimeWhat MattersLove Of Learning Author:David McCullough
“I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life's work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.” ThinkingMenShouldWellsYoungCoursesCollegeFitTrainingAdvantageYoung ManAdviseThoroughCollege Courses Book:John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth Source: John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth
“In Germany, college tuition is free. In America, college tuition is increasingly unaffordable. In a highly competitive global economy, which country do you think will have the best educated work force and a competitive advantage? We must make tuition free in public colleges and universities and substantially reduce interest rates on student loans.” ThinkingCountryAmericaForceInterestEducationEconomyStudentsCollegeAdvantageRateUniversityEducatedGermanyLoanGlobal EconomyInterest RateCompetitive AdvantageTuitionStudent LoanColleges And UniversitiesCollege Tuition Author:Bernie Sanders
“Today, you have achieved something special, something only 92 percent of Americans your age will ever know: a college diploma. That’s right, with your college diploma you now have a crushing advantage over 8 percent of the workforce. I'm talking about dropout losers like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg.” KnowsAgeTodayJobsForceTalkingSpecialCollegePercentAdvantageMarkBillsEightCrushGatesLoserSomething SpecialDiplomaDropoutsZuckerberg Author:Conan O'Brien
“I really feel like I came out of the water when I graduated from college, because I wasn't really aware of what was going on. If certain people tried to take advantage of me or whatever, I never really realized it until I got out of school.” PeopleIfsFeelsSchoolCertainWaterCollegeAdvantage Author:Nicolas Jaar
“Democrats came into the race with a structural advantage in the Electoral College. Their big blue wall - the states that Democrats have won in the past six presidential elections - gave [Hillary] Clinton a strong base to build on.” StatesBigsPastStrongRaceCollegeWallSixAdvantageElectionBlueClintonDemocratPresidentialPresidential ElectionElectoral College Author:Mara Liasson