“If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.”

— Edgar W. Howe

“My school days were the happiest days of my life; which should give you some indication of the misery I’ve endured over the past twenty-five years.”

— Paul Merton

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

— Mark Twain

“We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.”

— Peter De Vries

“But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.”

— Ronald Reagan

“In grade school I was smart, but I didn’t have any friends. In high school, I quit being smart and started having friends.”

— David Spade