“When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.” KnowsChildrenProblemPoliticalStudentsCollegeStance Author:Oscar Niemeyer
“Everyone tries to talk you out of going to college. The consensus being that people are just gonna forget about you, you know, and that's the way the business works.” PeopleKnowsWayTryingForgetCollegeConsensusGoing To College Author:Larisa Oleynik
“A college football star, by his senior year, is used to running out there with 110,000 people going nuts. They feel comfortable in that environment. To me, a set feels like that. The one thing that I do know is that, as long as I'm prepared, I know this environment and this world.” PeopleKnowsWorldFeelsYearsLongRunningUsedStarsEnvironmentOne ThingThis WorldFootballCollegeComfortablePreparedNutsSeniorCollege FootballSenior Year Author:Donal Logue
“Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation.” KnowsFirstsSeemsWould BeAmericaNationsPerfectLeaderClassImagineStudentsCollegeCitizensCreatingNotionAbsurdSupposed To BeSatDiverseCompositionFilling Author:Eric Liu
“But you take a four-year state college, with a broader range of admission, and what happens during those four years may be an even greater value-added educational experience. I don't know.” KnowsYearsMayStatesHappensValuesGreaterFourCollegeEducationalRangeFour YearsAdmission Author:Roy Romer
“You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends - when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?” KnowsMeanHas BeensDifferentCareKidsAbleSchoolTogetherCollegeHigh SchoolHanging OutGood FriendWho CaresNerdyClique Author:Brandon Sanderson
“I studied acting for five years. I quit college at that point. You know, I go hard. When I know I'm supposed to go in a direction, I'm fully committed and I go all the way. Everything falls to the side and I'm all in. So I completely dove into acting even though I was almost 30.” KnowsWayYearsHardFallSidesActingFiveCollegeCommittedQuittingFive YearsDoveI QuitGo Hard Author:Sonja Sohn
“I went to college on a classical piano scholarship. My grandmother made me practice one full hour a day. Every day. Man. I thought all she wanted was for me not to have any fun. Next thing you know, you have a career in music. Now, not everybody's going to go on and be Mozart or Michael Jackson. But music makes you smarter.” KnowsMenMadeWantedNextFunHoursCareersPracticeCollegeGoes OnPianoGrandmotherSmarterMy GrandmotherScholarship Author:Jamie Foxx
“Recently my publicist asked me for a college photo, and I realize how chubby I looked. I know this sounds totally shallow, but my advice is don't fall prey to the freshmen fifteen!” KnowsFallSoundRealizingAdviceCollegeFifteenShallowPreyFreshmanPublicists Author:Cecily von Ziegesar
“Josh Radnor is that rare thing: a writer-director who thinks like an actor but still knows how to create a comedy with shape and vision. Liberal Arts is the best movie about college I’ve seen since I don’t know what...Dryly affectionate and super-sharp. Elizabeth Olsen is every inch a star.” ThinkingKnowsArtStillsActorsStarsVisionKnow HowComedyCollegeShapesDirectorsArt IsInchesAffectionateJoshLiberal ArtsRare Things Author:Owen Gleiberman
“One of my best friends growing up was gay. ... It’s never been an issue for me. ... I think there was a time in my life, probably in college, that I wished every guy was gay, because it just meant more women for me! ‘I don’t know why you guys have a problem with this thing! I think it’d be great! I wish everyone was gay!’ ... That’s always the way I thought about it. ... I have no issue with it. If I have to suffer through marriage, why shouldn’t they?” IfsThinkingKnowsWayProblemGuySufferingWishGrowing UpIssuesGrowingCollegeGayMy Best FriendFriends Growing Up Author:Donald Trump, Jr.
“I started out as a box boy. You know, I didn't go to college, and I did well in supermarkets.” KnowsWellsBoysCollegeBoxesSupermarkets Author:Ronald Burkle