College Savings Quotes

I don't come from a family that had the money to put me through college, so I left school with $100,000 in student loan debt.

I have a daughter in college myself. It's an expensive thing.

While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

You save money so your kids can go to college - no matter what they are or who they are. They're your kids; you gotta support them.

You have to have a lot of money to go to college. It's not cheap.

My parents didn't pay for college because we all got scholarships.

Sleeping in my office isn't very comfortable, but it's my choice to save for my daughter's college instead of spending money on a D.C. apartment.

I think about things like, 'Will my kids need a college account? Will they even go to college?' I don't know if that will be the case.

When it comes to sending my children to college, I want the best education. It's the only thing I'm really leaving them - a good education.

It seems everyone knows a college degree is important, but few have a plan to keep it affordable.

We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping the middle class dream alive.

We need to deal with helping middle-class kids get a college education.

College today is an expensive option without a lot of economies of scale, right, when you go and live at a college. So you have a system that's increasing its cost base by probably five percent a year.

The best math lesson we can teach college students this year is to subtract a tuition increase and benefit from the dividends of higher education.

There's no constitutional right for your parents to pay for college.

We didn't have money put away in the bank for a college fund; soccer was our lottery ticket, our gamble.

Use visual cues to prompt yourself to put away more. A photograph of the beach house where you and your husband can envision spending your retirement will remind you to bump up the contribution to your 401(k); a snapshot of your child in a college sweatshirt can encourage you to put more into a 529 college savings plan.

For millions of Americans, federally subsidized student loans and Pell Grants are an important resource for us to get ahead so we can achieve the American dream.

I believe the American people are entitled to some straight talk when it comes to higher education funding.

I'll show up at every classroom open house and teacher conference,' she said, now in a voice that was almost frightening in its intensity. 'I'll bake brownies. My child will have new clothes. Her shoes will fit. She'll get her shots, and she'll get her braces. We'll start a college fund next week. I'll tell her I love her every damn day.' If that wasn't a great plan for being a good mother, I couldn't imagine what a better one could be

Growing our economy means allowing individuals, and particularly those in the middle class, to be able to keep more of their money. It also means that people in the middle class and modest incomes to be able to pay for their retirement, to get a down payment for a home, to send a child to college.

College is expensive; I always knew that, and I wanted to make money, partially to spend a little of it here and there, but primarily for a college savings fund.

About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.

Student loan debt is the reason I don't advise students who want to become entrepreneurs to apply to elite, expensive colleges. They can be as successful if they go to a relatively inexpensive public college.

I was definitely planning to go to college, but I deferred my admission to Carnegie Mellon to be in a non-equity tour of 'The Sound of Music.' But I made very little money in the tour, and college is really expensive, and I thought I'd never be able to pay off those loans.