Quotes tagged ‘College’

“Sororities and fraternities are a huge system of oppression. It perpetuates elitism and classism and systemic racism. I think that it became time to start dismantling that system as well.”

— JJ Jordan, buzzfeednews.com

“Shaun: [about Ed] Oh, he sells a bit of weed every now and again, you know. You’ve sold puff. Pete: Yeah. Once. At college. To you.”

— Edgar Wright, Shaun, Simon Pegg, imdb.com

“Hampton University announced Thursday it would be partnering with the University of the Bahamas to allow students who have been displaced by the storm to spend the fall semester on its campus in Hampton, Virginia, tuition-free.”

— CNN, Kendall Trammell, cnn.com

“Do colleges have communal showers? I'm scared guys will make fun of my flat butt.”

— Michael Patrick O'Brien, Brendan Jennings, Victor Kozlowski, Jacob Houston, imdb.com

“Uh, college is going to be pretty sick. Eating ramen and snatching V-cards.”

— Michael Patrick O'Brien, Charlie McCrackin, Heather, Allisyn Ashley Arm, imdb.com

“Our fixation on college readiness leads our high school curricula toward purely academic subjects and away from life skills.”

— Andrew Yang, amazon.com

“Grit, persistence, adaptability, financial literacy, interview skills, human relationships, conversation, communication, managing technology, navigating conflicts, preparing healthy food, physical fitness, resilience, self-regulation, time management, basic psychology and mental health practices, ar…”

— Andrew Yang, amazon.com

“Tell us about a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did your wealthy parents make that problem go away?”

— Ali Solomon, thebelladonnacomedy.com

“This is college. All we do is fuckin party.”

— Cody Ko, youtube.com

“If the product of two terms is zero then common sense says at least one of the two terms has to be zero to start with. So if you move all the terms over to one side, you can put the quadratics into a form that can be factored allowing that side of the equation to equal zero. Once you’ve done that, i…”

— Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi, Young Katherine Coleman, Lidya Jewett, imdb.com

“Marion Smithson: West Virginia Collegiate Institute is the best school for Negroes in the state. Ms. Sumner: It’s the only school past the eighth grade anywhere near here. [we see young Katherine sitting outside talking to herself as she does math calculations] Young Katherine Coleman: Isosceles. Sc…”

— Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi, Marion Smithson (as G. Williams), Gregory Alan Williams, imdb.com

“In all my years of teaching I’ve never seen a mind like the one your daughter has.”

— Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi, Ms. Sumner, Maria Howell, imdb.com

“[whilst Katherine is in class] Professor Graves: Ms. Coleman, why don’t you solve the equation on the board? [back to Katherine’s parents with her principal and teacher] Ms. Sumner: We took up a collection amongst the teachers and such. It’s not a lot, but it’s enough to help get you settled in. You…”

— Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi, Marion Smithson (as G. Williams), imdb.com

“Kevin, do something! How much fun is college going to be if everyone's drinking beer and having sex all the time?”

— J. David Stem, David N. Weiss, George Bang (voice), Bill Oakley, imdb.com

“Healthcare as a human right, it means that every child, no matter where you are born, should have access to a college or trade-school education if they so choose it, and I think no person should be homeless if we can have public structures and public policy to allow for people to have homes and food…”

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, brainyquote.com

“Kevin Jackson: Jefferson used to sleep with his slaves. The book don't say nothin' about that. They don't even say how he even had slaves. Washington neither. So I don't see why I should bust my black ass reading about a bunch of lies. Harvey Lipschultz: Well, you see Mr. Jackson, my job is to see t…”

— David E Kelley, Harvey Lipschultz, Fyvush Finkel, imdb.com

“See, downtown, at my internship, or at Yale, I’m the lucky orphan child whose fate depends on being one of the good negroes, and never losing my cool or saying what I actually think, or, God forbid, being me. On the mic, I’m the master of my destiny. And I love it.”

— Nelson George, Ezekiel Figuero, Justice Smith, imdb.com

“Coach Boone: Lastik. I want you to tell me something about one of your black teammates. Louie Lastik: [shouts] Sir yes, sir! I'm roomin' with Blue, sir! And I noticed that he wears that leopard-spotted underwear, Sir! Bikini-style, sir! Coach Boone: OK. How about someone who's not your roommate? Lou…”

— Gregory Allen Howard, Coach Herman Boone, Denzel Washington, imdb.com

“[flashback] Whatcha go to college? To get stupid? You're really stupid!”

— Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Santino, James Caan, imdb.com

“Mel: At least he knows what he's doing. And he's in a good college. I'd like to see you have a little bit of direction. Cher: I have direction. Josh: Yeah, towards the mall.”

— Amy Heckerling, Josh Lucas, Paul Rudd, imdb.com