“Sometimes, you've got to be in a place. You're just another guy. You can just blend in. I live out in the wilds of nowhere, out in Jersey. Even there, there's sometimes problems. College students like journey out there and show up at 11 o'clock at night, on my porch, looking into the door not saying anything. My wife and I are sitting there; it's really creepy.” SometimesShowsProblemNightGuyWifeDoorsJourneyStudentsCollegeSittingMy WifeClockJerseyCreepyOther GuysPorchCollege StudentsReally Creepy Author:Lou Reed
“Most people go to college to get a job, and here I am sitting in class with a job, making exponentially more than whoever's teaching me, you know what I'm saying? At the end of the day, I wanted to finish what I started, and make my mom proud. A lot of people put a lot of hard work and investment to allow me to go to school, and for me not to finish would have been like a slap in the face to my family and those people.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensEndsHardWantedSchoolJobsFacesClassTeachingCollegeHard WorkMomProudSittingMy FamilyInvestmentMy MomThe End Of The DaySlapHere I AmSlap In The Face Author:Mike Posner
“I remember sitting down with my parents and telling them that I was going to put off college to study acting. I had already paid money to the college and gotten housing. I walked around the campus and it just didn't feel right.” FeelsRememberParentActingStudyCollegeSittingPaidHousingCampusSitting DownFeels Right Author:Kelly Blatz
“My personal beliefs were shaped more by experience and by watching the news when I was young: images of angelic-looking college students in Mississippi crying like the world was ending because black people were being allowed on their campus; the slow mounting horror of Vietnam on the evening news every night; sitting with my parents in front of the TV and being appalled at the way the Chicago police were treating the protesters during the '68 Democratic convention. Being eyed with suspicion because of my age and the way I wore my hair.” PeopleWorldWayAgeYoungNightBeliefParentBlackFrontsCryStudentsCollegeTvsHairHorrorNewsSittingPoliceDemocraticEveningChicagoBlack PeopleVietnamConventionsEvery NightSuspicionMississippiCampusAngelicCollege StudentsPersonal Beliefs Author:James Vance
“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'm so blessed to be able to work with some of the best writers out there, and it's kind of like college with me sitting in a room with some of the best of the best and really taking it in and learning from them, but then also taking time to sit and tell them my stories - it's one of the biggest blessings that could have ever happened.” KindStoriesAbleRoomsHappenedCollegeBlessingSittingBlessedTake TimeBest Of The Best Author:Jamie Lynn Spears
“The Electoral College said that [Donald Trump] is the president, he's the president.But as a president, you also have to build. And if I'm sitting there and part of his team and I go look, we're probably not going to win the next election with 46 percent of the vote, so people like John Lewis and all these other groups, you have to start building bridges toward, this week was a disaster because he is burning bridges, not building them.” PeopleIfsLooksSaidNextWinningPresidentGroupsWeekTeamBuildingCollegeTrumpPercentSittingVoteElectionDisasterBurningBridgesElectoral CollegeBuilding BridgesBurning Bridges Author:Jason Chaffetz
“I love being able to say a quick thanks to the man above for the music and the fact that we're even in this spot. If you'd told me this in college when I was sitting on a stool and playing for enchiladas and tips, I'd have bet everything against it.” IfsMenFactsAbleLove IsCollegeHe ManSittingSpotsThanksStoolsEnchiladas Author:Kenny Chesney