Scottie Pippen Quotes

I had, before I went to college, I had taken a few years off after high school and really had, I guess in those days, I had no intentions of going to college.

It's important to invest in our kids who are going to go to college or community college or a trade school.

My senior year of high school, I probably wouldn't get so much out of it as if I went to college.

I was the only kid out of six of us to go to college, primarily because my parents could not afford it.

My senior year of high school, I got into UCLA, but my family couldn't afford it.

I never went to college - I barely got out of high school.

I got my GED my senior year and ended up taking community college classes before I transferred to Bard.

While Obama might not push college education exclusively, like most Democrats he does oversell it and does shortchange the alternatives. And millions of young Americans pay the price.

No one in my family had ever even gone to college.

Our record number of teenagers must become our record number of high school and college graduates and our record number of teachers, scientists, doctors, lawyers, and skilled professionals.

I'm not saying everyone must go to college. What I'm saying is that every student in Texas, no matter how poor, deserves options. They must be taught to believe they can and will graduate from high school with grades good enough to succeed in trade school, in community college, or in any university in America, including Harvard, Yale, UT or A&M.

I didn't get into university, so I had to go to drama college!

My mom never went to college, but for her own children, getting a great education was not an option.

It is our duty as legislators to protect the success of our students as they pursue higher education.

Me going to college was not an option.

I never thought about college, but my mom thought about it for me. I knew 100 percent it wasn't for me.

I just believe strongly that anybody who wants to pursue additional education after high school ought to be given that chance.

Yeah, my parents really valued education; they were both educators. But it was definitely true that I grew up in an area where a lot people didn't go to college. A lot of people did two years, a kind of terminal two years at community college.

I tried to go to college, I barely got out of high school.

I think my parents did want me to go to university just in case, but neither my mum or dad went to uni, so they couldn't talk.

I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years.

By 2018, an estimated 63 percent of all new U.S. jobs will require workers with an education beyond high school. For our young people to get those jobs, they first need to graduate from high school ready to start a postsecondary education.

I'm 18, I'm going to graduate high school in a few months.

Access to a college degree is critical.

Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.