I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.
Interpretation
The quote reflects a deep passion for learning and achievement in school.
Robin Williams shares his strong affection for school, revealing how his dedication to learning and excellence propelled him to achieve the summa cum laude distinction in high school. His statement suggests that being driven by a love for knowledge can lead to significant accomplishments and highlights the positive impact of education on personal development.
In practice
In a graduation speech to inspire students about the power of education.
It's that idea that you can have one drink - and no you can't. Within a week I was drinking heavily. It was so quick that even I was like, 'Wow.' Because you have that initial warm feeling going, 'Oh, I remember this'. And your body does, too. And your body goes, 'Yeah, so do I'. Then the demon voice comes, 'Yeah, so do I. You know what would be great? You know we bought a little bottle before? A full bottle would be wonderful'.
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.
Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.
I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'
I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process.
Education isn't something you can finish
We human beings were never born to read; we invented reading and then had to teach it to every new generation. Each new reader comes to reading with a 'fresh' brain - one that is programmed to speak, see, and think, but not to read.
The education of youth, an employment of more consequence than making laws and preaching the gospel, because it lays the foundation on which both law and gospel rest for success.
Working with children is the easiest part of educating for democracy, because children are still undefeated and have no stake in being prejudiced.
Examine every word you put on paper. You'll find a surprising number that don't serve any purpose.
He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master.
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