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• I dropped out of college my junior year to do Saturday Night Live, and I didn’t even consult my parents. They were very supportive because they had no choice.

  Julia Louis Dreyfus

  Topics in College

• When I was in college, all the pretty women were in the theatre, so I auditioned for a play.

  Judd Nelson

  Topics in College

• I was always a good student, but I didn’t read that much until I was 18 and I was working my way through college.

  James Patterson

  Topics in College

  Tags in Through, Working

• I got into plays in high school then I ended up going to college for it.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Topics in College

  Tags in High School

• And so, I think when I got to college, you discover who you are and find yourself more than you did before.

  Sean Hayes

  Topics in College

  Tags in Discover, Yourself

• I literally left school and went straight into music via art college for a year, and I’ve been so involved in my job of writing songs that the more actively involved part became channeled into standing on the stage and saying things that way.

  P. J. Harvey

  Topics in College

  Tags in Actively, Left

• I went to college because I didn’t have anywhere else to go and it was a fabulous hang. And while I was there I was exposed to this world that I didn’t know was possible.

  Tom Hanks

  Topics in College

  Tags in Exposed, Fabulous

• This summer, we need to let our kids go play and we need to stop worrying about whether or not it’s going to ruin their chances of getting into college.

  Darell Hammond

  Topics in College

  Tags in Ruin, Worrying

• When Americans think of college these days, the first word that often comes to mind is ‘debt.’ And from ‘debt’ it’s just a short hop to other unpleasant words, like ‘payola,’ ‘kickback,’ and ‘bribery.’

  James Surowiecki

  Topics in College

  Tags in Unpleasant, Debt

• Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of college students procrastinate, and articles in the literature of procrastination often allude to the author’s own problems with finishing the piece.

  James Surowiecki

  Topics in College

  Tags in Fashion, Procrastination

• I was a D student in high school and on the dean’s list in college.

  Patti Stanger

  Topics in College

  Tags in School, Student

• It’s a hard process to navigate… to figure out where your kid ought to go to college.

  Margaret Spellings

  Topics in College

  Tags in Figure, Process

• I studied acting for five years. I quit college at that point. You know, I go hard. When I know I’m supposed to go in a direction, I’m fully committed and I go all the way. Everything falls to the side and I’m all in. So I completely dove into acting even though I was almost 30.

  Sonja Sohn

  Topics in College

  Tags in Direction, Committed

• I was sitting on the bus, and the sign said if you’re ready to better your life, come to Medgar Evers College, and I got off the bus and went to Medgar Evers College.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Topics in College

  Tags in Sitting, Sign

• I took my kids everywhere. I didn’t have money for child care, so I took them to college with me and they sat in the hallway.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Topics in College

  Tags in Everywhere, Took

• I was an English major in college!

  Maggie Siff

  Topics in College

  Tags in English

• I’d definitely like to go to college some day.

  Kiernan Shipka

  Topics in College

  Tags in Definitely

• If the college you visit has a bookstore filled with t-shirts rather than books, find another college.

  R. Albert Mohler Jr.

  Topics in College

  Tags in Books

• At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends.

  Daniel Nathans

  Topics in College

  Tags in Career

• I know that my Republican colleagues are as ashamed as I am that the United States is forced to borrow over $1 trillion from foreign nations to pay for our national priorities like reconstruction of the gulf coast and the war in Iraq.

  Dennis Cardoza

  Topics in College

  Tags in Republican