“That's kind of a nostalgia thing. Nirvana was my first favorite band, in third or fourth grade. Then I got out of them. But one day in college a few buddies and myself all started listening to them again and it blew me away. They still stand out as my favorite band ever.” FirstsKindStillsCollegeListeningOne DayBandThirdsMy FavoriteNostalgiaGradesFourthStanding OutBuddyFourth GradeFavorite Bands Author:Girl Talk
“I like college football a lot, because it's the dream that you're chasing. The dream of one day possibly making it, with the harsh reality that only one percent make it.” DreamRealityFootballCollegeOne DayPercentHarshChasingCollege FootballHarsh Reality Author:Ray Lewis
“It's not something to complain about, but just the major difference between college and the pros is that in college you're guaranteed four to five years so long as you don't do anything criminally and in the pros you're guaranteed one day because you can be cut the next.” YearsLongNextDifferencesFiveFourCuttingCollegeOne DayMajorsComplainingFive Years Author:Robert Griffin III
“Stereotypes fall in the face of humanity. You toodle along, thinking that all gay men wear leather after dark and should never, ever be permitted around a Little League field. And then one day your best friend from college, the one your kids adore, comes out to you.” ThinkingMenShouldLittlesKidsFacesHumanityFallDarkFieldsCollegeGayOne DayLeagueBigotryHomosexualityStereotypeAdoreLeatherHomophobiaYour Best FriendGay MenLittle League Book:Loud and Clear Source: Loud and Clear
“... [a] girl one day flared out and told the principal "the only mission opening before a girl in his school was to marry one of those candidates [for the ministry]." He said he didn't know but it was. And when at last that same girl announced her desire and intention to go to college it was received with about the same incredulity and dismay as if a brass button on one of those candidate's coats had propounded a new method for squaring the circle or trisecting the arc.” IfsKnowsSaidSchoolLastsDesireGirlCollegeOne DayMethodIntentionMissionsCirclesOpeningCandidatesMinistryPrincipalButtonsCoatsArcsBrassDismayIncredulity Author:Anna Julia Cooper
“If colleges wanted to admit only legacies, or only tuba players, or only people who got astonishingly low SAT scores ' to ensure some of their graduates would be U.S. senators one day ' the Constitution wouldn't stop them. What the states, including state colleges, cannot do under the Constitution is discriminate on the basis of race.” PeopleIfsStatesWould BeWantedRacePlayerCollegeOne DayLowsBasesConstitutionIncludingLegacySatScoreGraduatesSenatorsTubasSat Scores Author:Ann Coulter
“I dream of one day winning a college basketball scholarship” DreamWinningCollegeOne DayBasketballScholarshipCollege Basketball Author:Aselin Debison
“One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to college, Randy - and I were sitting out on the front porch. And he was brilliant. He ended up - he just retired from Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas.” FirstsFrontsCollegeOne DaySittingBrilliantUnclesRetiredAircraftKansasPorchBoeingRandyFront Porches Author:James Earl Jones
“I played with English and Sociology in college but dropped out to work in the anti-war movement. I was going around denouncing the Viet Nam war as immoral but one day it dawned on me that I didn't know what that meant. I signed up for an ethics class at San Francisco State to find out the answer.” KnowsWarStatesAnswersClassMovementCollegeOne DayEthicsAnti WarSociologyImmoralSan FranciscoAnti War Movement Author:Dale Jamieson
“I went into the Army, and one day, in the middle of a bull session, somebody called me an atheist. Believe it or not, it was the first time I'd ever heard the word. It goes to show you how a person can grow up in America and have a college education and still not know a goddamned thing.” KnowsFirstsBelievePersonsStillsShowsAmericaGrowsGrowing UpHeardMiddleCollegeOne DayFirst TimeArmyAtheistSessionBullsCollege Education Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair