“I stopped eating beef in high school, and in college I stopped eating poultry. I am not a huge fan of factory farming and what we're doing to animals. I try to eat as clean as possible because I want to know what I'm putting into my body.” KnowsWantTryingBodySchoolAnimalFansCollegeHugeEatingHigh SchoolCleanFactoriesFarmingBeefFactory FarmingPoultry Author:Susanna Thompson
“You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that he built with me, is where all of this came from. The speed, the determination, the mindset, just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to, it all comes from my dad.” GivingMindSchoolBeliefCan DoNaturalCollegeDadHigh SchoolBuiltDeterminationFoundationMy DadCreditMindsetDuesSpeedCoaches Author:Robert Griffin III
“My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated from college. So, to be a good representative of my family is probably my greatest accomplishment thus far.” TwoSchoolJobsParentCollegeHigh SchoolMy FamilyAccomplishmentRepresentativesGreat JobTwo SistersGreatest Accomplishment Author:Robert Griffin III
“And this year, when we end the cruel, defeatist practice of passing children who cannot read into fourth grade, and when our most diligent students begin to graduate from high school in 11 years, and get a head start on college costs with the dollars they earned through their hard work, others will take notice of Indiana yet again.” YearsChildrenEndsHardSchoolPracticeStudentsCollegeHard WorkCostHigh SchoolDollarsPassingPassingsGradesGraduatesFourthDiligentIndianaFourth GradeGraduating High SchoolHead Start Author:Mitch McConnell
“I didn't go to high school, I didn't go to college, I didn't have women's studies. All of my feminist ideals and education have been built around art and my friends and community. And so it's still growing.” Has BeensArtStillsSchoolCommunityStudyGrowingCollegeHigh SchoolMy FriendsBuiltIdealsFeminist Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Without any formal personal finance instruction in our high school or college curricula, many college seniors who graduate in the red will continue to make common financial mistakes that only exacerbate their debt burdens.” SchoolCommonMistakeCollegeHigh SchoolRedFinancialBurdenDebtFinanceInstructionGraduatesFormalSeniorPersonal Finance Author:Alexa Von Tobel
“When I tell people I work to stop hazing in high schools I am almost always met with shocked expressions. "High school? Really? I thought that was something that only arrogant frat guys do in college." But it's true - as long as I have worked on preventing bullying in high schools, I have worked to prevent hazing.” PeopleLongSchoolGuyCollegeExpressionMetsHigh SchoolBullyingArrogantShockedPreventingHazing Author:Rosalind Wiseman
“By the time I started high school, I knew I wanted to be a writer. After graduating from Smith College in Massachusetts, I moved to New York City and worked for the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson.” WantedSchoolCitiesNew YorkCollegeHigh SchoolMovedAdvertisingAgencyNew York CityGraduatesMassachusettsAdvertising Agencies Author:Cynthia Voigt
“Typically, historical black colleges and universities like Delaware State, attracted students who were raised in an environment where going to college wasn't the next natural step after high school.” StatesSchoolNextBlackNaturalStepsEnvironmentStudentsCollegeHigh SchoolHistoricalRaisedUniversityGoing To CollegeColleges And UniversitiesDelawareAfter High School Author:Michael N. Castle
“I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.” SchoolGamesPlayerCollegeSkillsHigh SchoolJuniorsBest PlayersJunior High Author:Larry Bird
“Drugs have been in the game for a long time. They were there when I was in college, and even in high school. It's in life. It's in business. It's everywhere.” LongHas BeensSchoolGamesCollegeDrugLong TimeHigh School Author:Michael Jordan
“But yeah, I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb, so my bass career went bye-bye.” SchoolCareersCollegeHigh SchoolYeahGuitarBassThumbsByeBye ByeBass Guitar Author:Colin Hanks
“The zooming wealth of the top 1 percent is a problem, but it's not nearly as big a problem as the tens of millions of Americans who have dropped out of high school or college. It's not nearly as big a problem as the 40 percent of children who are born out of wedlock. It's not nearly as big a problem as the nation's stagnant human capital, its stagnant social mobility and the disorganized social fabric for the bottom 50 percent.” HumansChildrenProblemBigsSchoolNationsSocialBornWealthEducationPovertyMillionsCollegePercentHigh SchoolBottomFabricStagnantMobilityWedlockDisorganizedSocial Mobility Author:David Brooks
“I went to a Presbyterian college, you know, I was in... all the way, and so I remember doing my first sermon when I was 17, I was in high school. It wasn't a full twenty-five minute sermon, but for like ten minutes I got up and they let me do that, and it was on faith.” KnowsWayFirstsSchoolRememberFiveMinutesCollegeTenHigh SchoolLet MeTwentiesSermonsFive MinutesTwenty FivePresbyterians Author:Woody Harrelson
“You have been told that Real Life is not like college, and you have been correctly informed. Real Life is more like high school.” Has BeensRealSchoolLife IsCollegeHigh SchoolReal Life Author:Meryl Streep
“Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. Right now, countries like Germany focus on graduating their high school students with the equivalent of a technical degree from one of our community colleges, so that they're ready for a job. At schools like P-TECh in Brooklyn ... students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree in computers or engineering. We need to give every American student opportunities like this.” NeedsGivingCountryKidsSchoolJobsOpportunityCommunityPathFocusStudentsCollegeReadyRight NowDegreesComputerHigh SchoolGermanyGraduatesEngineeringAssociatesGood JobBrooklynOur CommunityDiplomaCommunity CollegeHigh School StudentsHigh School Diploma Author:Barack Obama
“I don't think I'd be a party girl [even if I were] in college. When I was in high school, I remember seeing girls crying in the bathroom every Monday about what they did at a party that weekend. I never wanted to be that girl crying in the bathroom. But there are certain things that I would like to do but can't. Sometimes I don't get invited to things because my friends know it's going to be a hassle to take me.” IfsThinkingKnowsSometimesWantedSchoolRememberCertainGirlPartySeeingCryCollegeHigh SchoolMy FriendsTake MeWeekendInvitedMondayBathroomThat GirlHassleParty GirlGirl Crying Author:Taylor Swift
“I think Buffy was a grown-up. One of the amazing things about the show was that I was able to grow with her. Yes, she started in high school, and then she went to college, and then essentially she was a mother to all the other Slayers, so I always felt like Buffy was a grown-up.” ThinkingShowsAbleSchoolMotherGrowsFeltCollegeHigh SchoolAmazing ThingsSlayer Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar
“I mean I was very shy but I was also very extroverted because I was doing plays. I'd been doing plays since I was a little kid. But, I did feel like an outsider because I went to like a 'college-prep' kind of high school that had a really big football team and was known for its program so I was like this weird boy that did plays.” FeelsKindMeanLittlesPlayBigsKidsSchoolKnownBoysTeamFootballCollegeHigh SchoolProgramShyOutsidersLittle KidFootball TeamPreps Author:John C. Reilly
“If you did go to high school and then college, there's definitely a solidarity with someone that is from your hometown and knows your mom, and all that stuff. There's this weird politeness that we have, as a society. You don't want to make it hard for anybody.” IfsKnowsWantHardSchoolStuffCollegeMomHigh SchoolSolidarityPolitenessYour MomHometown Author:John Krasinski
“Other than a few years of piano as a kid, I don't have all that much musical training. I played piano for all the musicals in high school and was in a few bands, but never really considered music as a viable career until I was in college.” YearsKidsSchoolCareersCollegeBandTrainingHigh SchoolMusicalPiano Author:John Keltonic
“I had one or two steady girlfriends in high school, but then in college, it was three, four... I went crazy. At one point I had three separate girlfriends, running around mad.” TwoRunningSchoolThreeFourCrazyCollegeHigh SchoolMadGirlfriendSteady Author:Robin Williams
“In my early childhood, I was a performer by nature. I used to do puppet shows as a kid and entertain kids in classes and the teachers would make it a point that I was the entertainer of the class, but only after high school and in college that I started doing theater and acting classes, because I thought it would be fun.” ShowsWould BeKidsSchoolUsedFunActingClassTeacherChildhoodCollegeHigh SchoolTheaterPerformersEntertainersPuppetsEarly ChildhoodActing ClassesAfter High SchoolPuppet Shows Author:Michael Jai White
“When I began doing theatre in high school I saw that I could get laughs from people but I didn't really connect that to going on and becoming a comedian. I was interested in acting and while I was at Boston College I was part of an improv group, Mother's Fleabag, which had a long history and has been known as one of the best college improvisation groups in the U.S.” PeopleLongHas BeensSchoolMotherActingKnownLaughingSawsGroupsCollegeBecomingHigh SchoolTheatreComedianBostonImprovisationBest College Author:Amy Poehler
“It never seemed like that much of a mystery why shows I was acted in failed. When you're doing a show called Freaks And Geeks about young people in high school, and it's on Saturday nights at 8 and there's no promotion for it, it's not really hard to guess why no one's watching it. And when you're doing a college goofball comedy that premières three weeks after Sept. 11, it's not that hard to piece together why that's not the most important thing on the radar.” PeopleImportantHardShowsSchoolTogetherYoungNightThreeComedyPiecesMysteryWeekCollegeHigh SchoolImportant ThingsFreakSaturdayGeekPromotionSaturday NightRadarSept 11 Author:Seth Rogen
“I like high school and college writing textbooks and find them very helpful. Whenever I'm stuck and seem to have no ideas, I open one up and turn to the back. There I'll find questions like, "Have you had any experiences with an alcoholic or a sailor?"” WritingIdeasSeemsSchoolTurnsCollegeHigh SchoolStuckNo IdeaHelpfulAlcoholicsSailorTextbooks Author:David Sedaris
“I went through a change in my life and my career where I finally understood how to train and prepare. I finally understood what it meant, and I've had so many fantasies about being able to go back and be 16 again. And redo parts of my high school career. Redo all of my college career. Redo my attempt to make an Olympic team.” AbleSchoolCareersFantasyTeamCollegeUnderstoodHigh SchoolTrainChanging My LifeRedos Author:Chael Sonnen
“Staying in shape does not come easily, especially as you get older and you don't have as much time or energy to exercise. I used to be naturally skinny in high school and college. I was in cheerleading, ran track, and did gymnastics, so I had a built-in five-hour workout every day. Lately, I've been doing Pilates on the Megaformer, which is like Pilates on steroids.” DoeSchoolUsedEnergyHoursFiveCollegeExerciseShapesHigh SchoolBuiltTrackUsed To BeRanStayingWorkoutSkinnyGymnasticsPilatesSteroidCheerleading Author:Eva Longoria
“You go through high school and college the same way: never listening to your coaches because you're the best. But when you get to the pros, all that stops because everybody there has talent.” WaySchoolTalentCollegeListeningHigh SchoolCoachesYou Re The Best Author:Tom Brady
“Get your education. The number of guys who are blessed to be in the league is so small compared to the number of high school players [who want to play in the league]. But one thing you can do is get your college education. If you are blessed enough to get a scholarship to play college basketball, make sure you get your college degree, too, then move on from there.” IfsWantEnoughPlaySchoolMovingGuyCan DoNumbersPlayerOne ThingCollegeBasketballDegreesHigh SchoolBlessedLeagueScholarshipCollege EducationCollege DegreeCollege Basketball Author:Tim Duncan
“I worked for dad on the grounds and I was in high school and I said I wanted to go to college, and he said, well, you figure it out. He said I will pay for your college but you're going to go to St. Vincent. St. Vincent College right here. That's about as much as I can afford, you work here, right here at home. I said, what if I can get somewhere else? And he said if I can get there, that's your call.” IfsWellsSaidI CanHomeWantedSchoolPayFiguresCollegeDadHigh SchoolWhat IfSomewhere Else Author:Arnold Palmer
“The most important steps that I followed were studying math and science in school. I was always interested in physics and astronomy and chemistry and I continued to study those subjects through high school and college on into graduate school. That's what prepared me for being an astronaut; it actually gave me the qualifications to be selected to be an astronaut.” ImportantSchoolStepsStudySubjectsCollegeHigh SchoolPreparedMathPhysicsAstronomyChemistryGraduatesAstronautSelectedQualificationsMath And ScienceGraduate School Author:Sally Ride
“I've been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school publications - the newspaper and yearbook and soon. In college, I got interested in political cartooning and did political cartoons.” KidsSchoolPoliticalCollegeHigh SchoolNewspapersCartoonPublicationYearbookPolitical Cartoons Author:Bill Watterson
“I think college is an absolute. In this world you have to learn how to learn and get in the habit of always wanting to learn. Some kids have that out of high school and may be able to do the college equivalent of home schooling. Most kids can't. So I highly recommend going to college.” ThinkingWorldMayHomeKidsAbleSchoolThis WorldCollegeHabitHigh SchoolAbsolutesSchoolingGoing To College Author:Mark Cuban
“After I graduated from high school, one of the former workers on our farm asked if I would be willing to join him in selling Fuller brushes through the summer. It seemed like a perfect way to make some money for college. And being away from my parents and learning to make my own way gave me self confidence.” IfsWaySelfWould BeSchoolParentMy OwnPerfectCollegeWillingSummerHigh SchoolWorkersSelf ConfidenceSellingFormerFarmsBrushes Author:Billy Graham
“I love coaching. I would probably be coaching. I would work in athletes and work with the youth. I would maybe do personal development and athletics. I would coach in high school or college.” SchoolYouthCollegeDevelopmentHigh SchoolAthletePersonal DevelopmentCoachesCoachingAthletics Author:Donovin Darius
“I always felt like I was challenged, I was never satisfied, and I looked forward to the challenge. From studying high school players to studying kids in college, I always studied the competition, at my position in particular, to make sure I set the standard.” KidsSchoolFeltChallengesStudyPlayerPositionCollegeParticularStandardsHigh SchoolCompetitionSatisfied Author:Derrick Brooks
“I studied piano and viola and voice in high school and music composition in college. For many years before I became an author I was a singer songwriter, writing for Disney and Sesame Street. I believe in perfect rhymes - no cheating!” WritingYearsBelieveSchoolI BelieveVoicePerfectStreetsCollegeHigh SchoolI Believe InSingersPianoCheatingCompositionSongwritersRhymeSinger SongwritersViolaSesame StreetNo Cheating Author:Sarah Weeks
“Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions.” YearsFirstsSchoolCollegeHigh SchoolYeahUniversityProductionsPostersScenerySmall PartsMaryland Author:Jim Henson
“I've always been attracted to ensembles. When I started doing plays in high school and in college, I always loved the community aspect of it. I loved these little families that would develop.” LittlesPlaySchoolCommunityCollegeHigh SchoolAspectEnsemble Author:Josh Radnor
“Some kids, for some reason, it just doesn't click in the classroom as they need it to. We have college coaches talk to them, former high school athletes, motivational speakers, teachers, principals.” NeedsReasonKidsSchoolTeacherCollegeHigh SchoolAthleteCoachesFormerClassroomSpeakersPrincipalClicksAthlete MotivationalMotivational Speakers Author:John Towner Williams
“And friends of mine that had photography class in high school would develop the film and make prints and I'd take them back to the track and give 'em away or try and sell them. Much to my parents' dismay, I majored in photography in college.” GivingTryingSchoolFilmParentClassMinesCollegePhotographyHigh SchoolSellsPhotographerTrackEmsPrintDismayFilm Photography Author:John Sexton
“At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter.” SchoolCollegeHigh School Author:Luke Ford
“After high school, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, but I stayed only a year and a half. I felt college was a waste of time; I wanted to start working.” YearsWantedSchoolFeltHalfCollegeWasteHigh SchoolUniversityWasting TimeNebraskaAfter High School Author:Evan Williams
“Well, when I was younger, in high school, I started out smoking pot. Which escalated into taking acid on a regular basis, which escalated into selling acid. And then I started, when I went to college, I started doing opiates.” WellsSchoolCollegeHigh SchoolBasesSellingSmokingPotAcidOpiatesSmoking Pot Author:John Wozniak
“As I look back on the day I signed my professional contract in 1973, I've never gone to sleep wondering if I could pay the bills or take care of my family. That's what basketball has done for me. It's given me the greatest of thrills from high school to college to the Olympics to coaching to broadcasting.” IfsLooksDoneCareSchoolGivenSleepPayWonderGoneCollegeBasketballHigh SchoolMy FamilyBillsTake CareCoachingIf I CouldContractsOlympicsBroadcasting Author:Doug Collins
“I think there's a real connection between acting and writing novels because the way I write characters has a little bit to do with the method acting that I was taught in high school and college.” ThinkingWayWritingLittlesRealCharacterSchoolBitsActingNovelTaughtCollegeLittle BitHigh SchoolConnectionsMethodMethod ActingReal Connection Author:Jeffrey Eugenides
“My parents’ biggest thing was that they just wanted me to graduate high school and go to college. They couldn’t fathom me acting for the rest of my life.” WantedSchoolParentActingCollegeHigh SchoolGraduatesFathom Author:Mila Kunis
“I got into plays in high school then I ended up going to college for it.” PlaySchoolCollegeHigh SchoolGoing To College Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman
“Cities are broke, there are no jobs, people without a high school diploma and sometimes even with a college degree can't get jobs.” PeopleSometimesSchoolJobsCitiesCollegeDegreesHigh SchoolBrokeDiplomaCollege DegreeHigh School Diploma Author:Rachel Grady