I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool. Votes: 2
Bill GatesI have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did. Votes: 2
Jeff FoxworthyThe last generations's worst fears become the next one's B-grade entertainment. Votes: 0
Barbara KingsolverThe last generation's worst fears became the next one's B-grade entertainment. Votes: 0
Barbara KingsolverThe low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment. Votes: 0
T. D. JakesThose who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat the eleventh grade. Votes: 0
James W. LoewenBefore the eighth grade, I probably went to seven or eight different schools. Votes: 0
Jeremy LondonIn seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects. Votes: 0
Aaron LazarNo creature can attain a higher grade of nature without ceasing to exist. Votes: 0
Ananda CoomaraswamyMid-grade readers don't have short attention spans, they just have low boredom tolerance. Votes: 0
Judith ViorstI was a paper boy, beginning the summer between my fourth-grade and fifth-grade years. Votes: 0
David BoiesI failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared. Votes: 0
Gary Clark, Jr.I didn't play soccer; I played that other football in grade school through college. Votes: 0
Joe BidenI began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade. Votes: 0
Cary FukunagaMy mother had been a grade-school teacher, and my father had an eighth-grade education. Votes: 0
Gordon BellSchooling after the second grade plays only a minor role in creating or reducing gaps. Votes: 0
James HeckmanI've been recording myself since grade 10. Back then, it was just really crappy rock stuff. Votes: 0
Ryan HemsworthI've known Woody Weatherman since fifth grade and I'm 46 so that's a long time man. Votes: 0
Reed Mullinover protective? a butler in a grade- B movie? someones jewish mother? you got it Votes: 0
Margaret WeisIf children are reading well by the 3rd or 4th grade then everything else works. Votes: 0
John RowlandFrom sixth grade on I was a real Pillsbury doughboy. Overweight, long hair, thick glasses. Votes: 0
David KeithIf you think I'm annoying and preachy now, you should have known me in grade school. Votes: 0
Dave EggersWhen somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone. Votes: 0
Tom VerlaineAt thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut. Votes: 0
Donna RiceAt thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut. Votes: 0
Donna Rice HughesI was a very, very serious child... I was valedictorian of my kindergarten and eighth-grade class. Votes: 0
Christine LavinI was born in Everett; I went through grade school in Everett, high school in Seattle. Votes: 0
Dorothy MaloneIf you thought eighth grade was tough, try it with fangs and a fear of garlic. Votes: 0
Heather BrewerI played in the percussion section 4th grade through high school - snare and timpani mostly. Votes: 0
Suzy BoggussYou might be a redneck if you missed 5th grade graduation because you had jury duty. Votes: 0
Jeff FoxworthyMy parents moved back to New York from Florida when I was in the ninth grade. Votes: 0
Sanford I. WeillWhen I was in fourth grade I was drawing Jordans when my mama couldn't afford them. Votes: 0
Kanye WestYour old grade book is a waste of space and time. Don't hesitate; just throw it Out. Votes: 0
Starr SacksteinExperience, they say, is the best teacher, but we get the grade first and the lesson later. Votes: 0
Ann LandersI have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice. Votes: 0
Jill ScottYo, I failed ninth grade three times, but I don't think it was necessarily 'cause I'm stupid. Votes: 0
EminemI was one of those dorky kids who'd wanted to go to Harvard since the fifth grade. Votes: 0
Kristin GoreWe never graduate from first grade. Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning. Votes: 0
Natalie GoldbergI remember in the fifth grade my dad would take me to Manhattan to shop for clothes. Votes: 0
Theophilus LondonThe 9th grade was the best three years of my life. I was benching 85 lbs, drug free! Votes: 0
Dan JohnBasketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school. Votes: 0
Mike KrzyzewskiI once had this massacred afro in third grade. Parts were bigger than others. It was just terrible. Votes: 0
Brittany HowardWhen I was in the fourth grade, I became intensely interested in geography and I learned it well. Votes: 0
Clyde TombaughI have a lot of memories of Falls Church. I went to grade school in Madison Elementary School. Votes: 0
Jim FowlerI did attend Catholic schools up to the ninth grade, and I admire much in the Catholic Church. Votes: 0
Matthew ScullyEvery child has a right to go to high school and end up with a third grade education. Votes: 0
Pat PaulsenI got kicked out in grade school because I staged a riot because I wanted more library time. Votes: 0
Bitsie TullochAll of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things. Votes: 0
Bobby KnightBy the time I was in the fourth grade, I sounded exactly like my father on the phone. Votes: 0
Dick CavettI quit high school the first day of 10th grade because I felt like I was wasting time. Votes: 0
Bam MargeraBy the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory. Votes: 0
Clyde TombaughI started working out with my mom in 4th grade. She used to take me to the track. Votes: 0
Jessie PavelkaI had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. Votes: 0
Beverly ClearySir, I didn't deserve the grade you gave me on this test. Do you know a lower one? Votes: 0
Milton BerleMy big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in 'Horton Hears a Who. Votes: 0
Sebastian ArcelusI was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape. Votes: 0
Adam BaldwinMy big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in 'Horton Hears a Who.' Votes: 0
Sebastian ArcelusLife is like a school; one can learn, one can graduate, one can skip a grade or stay behind. Votes: 0
Elizabeth LesserI did one pageant in sixth grade, and I loved it! I loved the dresses and the big hair. Votes: 0
Molly QuinnI've only been in one fight in my whole life... in 7th grade, yet everyone thinks I'm a maniac. Votes: 0
Ray LiottaThe big scandal was when I was in seventh grade and I modeled a bathing suit. Everybody freaked out! Votes: 0
Jennifer MorrisonI liked this girl in my sixth grade class. I dared her to kiss me -- but she didn't! Votes: 0
Justin BieberI think generally I'm a pretty good person if I had to grade myself. Or toot my own horn. Votes: 0
Kid RockWe broke up in eighth grade when Tara-Mae Forrester offered to let me touch her boobs. And I did. Votes: 0
Emma ChaseI still can't manage to keep a journal, and people have been telling me to since the fourth grade. Votes: 0
John DarnielleI kind of fell into acting, but I have sung and trained since I was in the eighth grade. Votes: 0
Tia CarrereI changed my name from Gail to Gayle in seventh grade because I liked to make a loopy 'y. Votes: 0
Gayle KingWhen I played 'Annie' in the seventh grade, I knew from then on that I wanted to be an actor. Votes: 0
Katie LeclercI was in, like, nine schools by ninth grade, so I moved a ton of times when I was younger. Votes: 0
Jessica StroupIn first grade, I told my friends I had a third story in my house filled with jewels and lions. Votes: 0
Kendall JennerI moved in fourth grade in the middle of the school year, and I was the new kid in school. Votes: 0
Michael StegerMy sister taught me everything I really need to know, and she was only in sixth grade at the time. Votes: 0
Linda SunshineI'm a huge fan of Billy Idol. I spiked my hair every day like him in 7th and 8th grade. Votes: 0
Dierks BentleyI remember learning how to play 'The Fool On The Hill' on piano when I was in maybe fifth grade. Votes: 0
Britt DanielThe best I could say about third grade was that it was a more or less continuous state of dread. Votes: 0
Sonia SotomayorI was in seventh grade, and getting a part in Full House was huge. It opened so many doors for me. Votes: 0
Marla SokoloffThe second I learned to read in first grade, when I was 5, I preferred it to life. And I still do. Votes: 0
Fran LebowitzI have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school. Votes: 0
Thomas FriedmanI remember in third grade, I asked my mom, 'How does an engine work?' So my mom bought me a book. Votes: 0
Gwynne ShotwellAlle Leidenschaften sind nur verschiedene Grade der Wärme und der Kälte des Blutes.
La Rochefoucauld, François VI. Herzog vonAlter schützt vor Liebe nicht, aber Liebe schützt bis zu einem gewissen Grade vor Alter
Moreau, JeanneAlter schützt vor Liebe nicht, aber Liebe schützt bis zu einem gewissen Grade vor Alter.
Moreau, JeanneAlle Menschen haben die gleichen Leidenschaften, aber sie haben sie nicht alle im gleichen Grade.
Buchholz, FriedrichI was not good in school. I could never read very fast or very well. I got tested for learning disabilities, for dyslexia. Then I got put on Ritalin and Dexedrine. I took those starting in the eighth grade. As soon as they pumped that drug into me, it would focus me right in. Votes: 2 Channing Tatum
I grew really fast. It's true I went from 5'6" to 6'1" in six months in 8th grade. By the end of 8th grade, I was 6'1". Everyone was freaking out. Votes: 3 Dot Jones
I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did. Votes: 2 Jeff Foxworthy
In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first grade teachers that we give to full professors, this one act alone would revitalize the nation's schools. Votes: 3 Ernest L. Boyer
When I was in the fourth grade, I became intensely interested in geography and I learned it well. Votes: 3 Clyde Tombaugh
I wasn't athletic as a kid, and I was self-conscious about my body, but then in eighth grade I won a school contest, and the prize was a bunch of personal training sessions. Votes: 1 Matt McGorry
The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously. This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn't allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability. Votes: 4 Lou Holtz
My earliest thought, long before I was in high school, was just to go away, get out of my house, get out of my city. I went to Medford High School, but even in grade school and junior high, I fantasized about leaving. Votes: 1 Paul Theroux
One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality. Votes: 3 K. A. Applegate
As with many teens, my first jobs included babysitting and mopping floors at McDonald's. Since then, I've held jobs a diverse as selling used cars, selling apparel, cosmetics, and real-estate, substitute-teaching six graders, teaching undergraduate creative writing, and working as an editorial assistant for a literary magazine. Votes: 1 Therese Fowler