Ambitious Scholar Pillows

"I went to college knowing I wanted to be an astronaut. My parents had only a third-grade education. But they were good teachers. They taught me the importance of hard work...of perseverance...of not being afraid to dream."

I should be a writer when I grow up...

"I have a recurring nightmare that I've taken a test, and the professor won't give me an 'A'."

"The teacher expects too much of me. She wants me to give it the old college try, and I'm only in grade school."

Miniature Design Shop: Think Small.

"Today we are going to find out if you can that leap."

Caged Businessman

"One day, I'll be the first woman!"

"Listen here pup, it's time you realized it's a "dog eat dog" world."

"I really love school. There's only one problem. I think not having a college degree is holding me back."

"You know, there's a corporate elevator."

'The best grants lie that-a-ways, Ma'am.'

'The bad news is you failed all your courses. The good news is you passed the urine test.'

Learn to play the violin in one weekend - 'This isn't working! It's Saturday evening already and I've only got as far as holding it properly...'

'It's my application to Harvard...'

'I was speeding right along toward my goal of moving up from middle management, when a cost-cutting measure overtook me!'

Do you mind if my mother joins our little business dinner ? You know what it's like, I don't want people from the office to think I'm sleeping my way to the top.

"Trying to get new business is killing me..."

"Well, if the test is multiple choice I choose not to take it."

"I know by outward standard I'm successful, but a voice inside my head keeps saying, 'Where's your private plane?"

You got into the college of my choice, and I got into the college of your choice. Now if we could just work something out...

"Sorry, but if we hire someone like you, you'll quit in six months and start a rival company!"

"The counselor wasn't much help about getting into college. All he said was to study hard and get good grades."

'My parents couldn't afford to send me to college, so they let me spend a night at a Ramada.'

Books: Self-Improvement Just keeping up with Joneses.

'But Marvin, you can't be a college graduate for a living!'

A girl climbs a ladder of books

'Do I have to spell it out for you?'

'I'm majoring in political science and minoring in ballet - I want to be a spin doctor.'

Sign by school library reads: 'Passing Lane'

How to win Genius Grants for Dummies!

'When you grow up, son, you can be whatever you want -- a doctor or a lawyer.'

Divinity School - Authorized Parsons Only

"My career was on the launching pad."

"Let's face it Simkins, the only way you'll ever get to medical school is by donating your body to science."