Andrew Yang Quotes

Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers; you got them in order to sew up approval.

Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business.

I figure if you're going to go to class, you might as well make an A.

I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.

I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.

We should not have 8th grade graduations. Instead we should tell the students, “You have a long way to go. Get your butt down and study.”

I want to graduate high school, so it's very important to me, and I'll be focusing hard on that as well.

I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.

Certainly, grades only matter so much when you're in Hollywood. But I became an utterly motivated, devoted, committed student. I was a good student because I was convinced that it would somehow help me in my quest to become a filmmaker.

I got good grades. I played sports.

My mother and brother made me strive to get good grades and get through school.

I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.

Korean students are hard working, talented, and they do what they need to do. They succeed in exams. They are highly motivated to succeed in tests.

Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about.

I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.

I didn't say I was that smart, I said I went to class and I enjoyed what I was doing.

I was used to being successful in school, but academics didn't make me happy.

My parents were supportive. I didn't have good grades, but they could tell I wasn't lazy.

You may be in a medical or engineering college, but not all will stand first in class. It depends on who studies the most.

My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school.

I was a good student when I was a kid, and I did everything I was supposed to do, and I got A's.

I love school. I was a great student.

My studies are important to me. I made the honor role just recently, with 2 A's and 2 B's.

An exam should be passed by every man…. A man today, tomorrow -- a donkey.