Elliot: "I'm not hiding, I was just looking for my... you know, the... I was looking for my dignity."
J.D.: "Did you find it?"
Elliot: "No. I must've left it at college."
I've spent the past three-and-a-half years staring at greaseboards full of equations; before that, I spent four years working on my thesis; before that, I was in college, and before that... I was in the fifth grade.
Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory, Season 1 Episode 4Classes will dull your mind, destroy the potential for authentic creativity.
CreativityA Beautiful Mind, by John F. NashI'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.
Natalie PortmanIf you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.
LibrariesFrank ZappaTed: "Oh hey, where are you guys?"
Barney: "We're in a fundraiser, helping young women raise money for community college."
Ted: "Stripclub... nice!"
Long distance is a lie teenagers tell each other to get laid the summer before college.
Long-Distance Relationships, TeenagersTed Mosby in How I Met Your Mother, Season 1 Episode 16No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.
EducationRobert OppenheimerMy favorite college experience was probably leaving college.
Marshawn LynchPersonally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything. You've never been out of college. You don't know what it's like out there. I've worked in the private sector. They expect results!
Ghostbusters, by Dr. Raymond StantzTo be successful in life what you need is education, not literacy and degrees.
EducationMunshi PremchandThe U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.
EducationElijah CummingsChandler: "Wait a minute, is she going for spring vacation or is she going for spring break?"
Ross: "What's the difference?"
Monica: "Well, a spring vacation you're doing nice things with your grandparents. Spring break you're doing frat guys."
The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.
Anton ChekhovYou have to stay in school. You have to. You have to go to college. You have to get your degree. Because that's the one thing people can't take away from you is your education. And it is worth the investment.
EducationMichelle ObamaToo much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.
Education, SchoolThomas SowellHarmony. It's not about what's lasting or permanent, it is about individual voices coming together for a moment. And that moment lasts the length of a breath.
MomentsFrancis Underwood in House of Cards, Season 1 Episode 8We believe that a little girl who’s offered an escape from poverty by a great teacher or a grant for college could become the next Steve Jobs.
Barack Obama, acceptance speech to the Democratic National Convention, 06.09.2012This is all I'm going to say about drugs: Stay away from them! There's a time and a place for everything and it's called college.
DrugsChef in South Park, Season 2 Episode 4Nobody takes an intro class to get on any other path, but the path to not being hungover anymore. I learned that in my intro to something-ology class.
Marshall Eriksen in How I Met Your Mother, Season 7 Episode 5That party last night was awfully crazy, I wish we taped it
I danced my ass off and had this one girl completely naked
Drink my beer and smoke my weed
But my good friends is all I need
Pass out at three, wake up at ten
Go out to eat, then do it again
Man, I love college