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School Quotes

School Quotes

School shapes how people think, argue, and see the world, for better or worse. This collection captures a range of perspectives on education, from sharp satire to genuine insight about what classrooms teach us and what they miss.

These quotes are handy for graduation cards, teacher appreciation posts, back-to-school social media, or essays about the purpose of education. Browse through and find the ones that fit.

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“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”

Abraham Lincoln

“In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.”

Mark Twain

“In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.”

Tom Bodett

“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”

Kurt Vonnegut

“My mother is black, from Grenada, so my blackness was always there, but It wasn't until I started hanging with the upperclassmen black actors at my high school that I really got my roots in being a black American, which is a distinctly different identity and experience.”

Amanda Seales

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