“High School is the penalty for transgressions yet to be specified.”

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American musician 1964

Natsuki Takaya (1973) Manga artist

“Key indicators require some specified time span during which they are to be tabulated for purposes of reward or penalty. The time span can vary enormously according to the process and the indicator.”

Thomas Sowell (1930) American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author

Source: 1980s–1990s, Knowledge and Decisions (1980; 1996), Ch. 1 : The Role of Knowledge

“Democracy is the high school of compromise.”

Eduard Bernstein (1850–1932) German politician

Source: "Evolutionary Socialism" (1899) https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/bernstein/works/1899/evsoc/index.htm, Chapter III, The Tasks and Possibilities of Social Democracy

“High school sucks. People who say those were the best years of your life—those people are liars… Who wants the best years of their life to be in high school? High school is something everybody should be ready to lose.”

Meg Cabot (1967) Novelist

Source: Forever Princess

“Prison is like high school with knives.”

Raegan Butcher (1969) American actor and singer

“Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.”

Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic

As quoted in The Modern Handbook of Humor (1967) by Ralph Louis Woods, p. 493

“That was also my nickname in high school.”

Pat Sajak (1946) American television host

Wheel of Fortune (Catchphrase sometimes used as host of the television game show after the solution to a puzzle is revealed. For example, Sajak used the catchphrase after the solution "SNICKERDOODLES" was revealed on the program that originally aired on 29 January 2018. On the program first airing 21 March 2018, when the winning solution to the final puzzle was "CHEWY JERKY," he said, "Just for mentioning my nickname in high school they won $100,000." On the program originally airing on 26 April 2018, he said, "Also known as my nickname in high school" referring to the solution "SAVORY DIP.")
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