I just knew what I wanted to be since the third grade. And I always did well in school. I was the type to get good grades; I never really got below Cs or nothing like that. I always kept it A-B. But there’s no school for rap. – Big Sean
The NRA grades senators and representatives based on their votes on gun issues – and even on issues that have little-to-nothing to do with guns. – Claire McCaskill
I was told that I had to give grades to the students, which I wasn’t particularly interested in doing. – Merce Cunningham
Girls are more academically powerful. They make the grades, they run the student activities, they are the valedictorians. – Christina Hoff Sommers
In order to be Miss Anybody you had to have excellent grades, and I had terrible grades because of my dyslexia. – Fannie Flagg
Well, one of them is annual assessment in grades 3-8. It’s integral to the implementation of everything. – Margaret Spellings
I was an editor for supplemental math, science, and literature programs for the primary grades and became very well versed in elementary curriculum, particularly PreK-2. – Doreen Cronin
We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school. – Evelyn Waugh
I got good grades in math, but I never really enjoyed it. My favorite part of math was algebra, but geometry was the worst. – Nathan Kress
When I was 12, there was a kid a couple of grades older than me who was picking on my sisters. No matter how big they were, I would defend them. – Lucky Blue Smith
I cannot say that I was a particularly diligent student, especially during the lower grades. – Koichi Tanaka
I feel that education needs an overhaul – courses are obsolete and grades are on the way out. – Kent McCord
I don’t keep a record of the parts I’ve played, and I don’t compare characters, but maybe I should? I could construct a graphic that grades badness and madness levels? Interesting idea. – James Frain
My parents encouraged us to commit to things, so if we wanted to learn an instrument, it was all the grades and all the theory. – Laura Mvula
Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not only raises his position, but in effect lowers the position of others. – James S. Coleman
I got fairly good grades, but I was bad at woodwork. They said I tried hard, but the result was hopeless. – Jonathan Stroud
If you’re a kid, it’s all you think about if you stutter. Kids can be so mean. My grades suffered. Class participation weighs heavy in grading, and I wouldn’t open my mouth to read or talk in front of anyone. – Kenyon Martin
I have fond memories of my childhood. I spent five wonderful years on a popular TV show, but I didn’t have a normal childhood. I was tutored for grades 4-11. – Ricky Schroder
Of mediumship there are many grades, one of the simplest forms being the capacity to receive an impression or automatic writing, under peaceful conditions, in an ordinary state; but the whole subject is too large to be treated here. – Oliver Joseph Lodge
I had the lunchbox that cleared the cafeteria. I was very unpopular in the early grades. Because I hung out with my grandfather, I started to bring my lunchbox with sardine sandwiches and calamari that I would eat off my fingers like rings. I was also always reeking of garlic. – Rachael Ray
I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths. – Shakira
First grade is very cheap. It’s the later grades where you have to spend a lot of money if you don’t do it right. – Ray Bradbury
My mom could afford to put us in a Catholic school for grades one through seven, but not after that. – Ron Funches
Many jobs at Google require math, computing, and coding skills, so if your good grades truly reflect skills in those areas that you can apply, it would be an advantage. But Google has its eyes on much more. – Thomas Friedman
Even in my neighborhood, the kids come to me for interviews for their term papers. I ask them later what grades they got, and they’re always A-pluses. – Stephanie Kwolek
In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year. – Tea Obreht