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School's out - Our roundup of best school quotes

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We have nothing against school. Between the two of us we have 27 years of schooling and 3 ½ degrees. But now that school’s out, it’s time to cut loose with some of our favorite apophthegms…Look it up…Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught – Oscar Wilde

I have never let schooling interfere with my education – Mark Twain

Education is what you get when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get when you don’t – Pete Seeger

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don’t believe kids should be given homework – Bill Cosby

I won’t say ours was a rough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like : What I’m going to be if I grow up – Lenny Bruce

I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did – Yogi Berra

I wonder whether if I had an education I should have been more or less a fool that I am – Alice James

We’re going to have the best educated American people in the world – Dan Quayle

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country – Kurt Vonnegut

A professional bassist for over 20 years, John has been at KNKX since 1999 where he hosts All Blues on Saturday and Sunday nights. He was previously a senior producer of BirdNote for 19 years, and the primary recording engineer for hundreds of KNKX Studio Sessions.
John Maynard started working in radio in the seventies as a DJ at Seattle’s KJR AM which at the time was the dominant AM station in the Seattle market. After a brief stint as a restaurateur and night club owner, Maynard returned to radio with Robin Erickson, creating the hugely popular “Robin and Maynard Show.” In the more than 20 years under that marquee, Maynard flew with the Blue Angels, piloted the Goodyear Blimp, sang with Donny Osmond and hung out in a Universal Studios bar with Kojak (Telly Savalas).