"I'm not trying to tell you," he said, "that only educated and scholarly men are able to contribute something valuable to the world. It's not so. But I...












The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I'm not kidding.

More J. D. Salinger quotes
"I didn't want any degrees if all the ill-read literates and radio announcers and pedagogical dummies I knew had them by the peck.
"I don’t think it would have all got me quite so down if just once in a while—just once in a while—there was at least some polite little perfunctory im...
"You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
"I think that once you have a fair idea where you want to go, your first move will be to apply yourself in school.
"I'm not trying to tell you," he said "that only educated men are able to contribute something valuable to the world. It's not so.But I do say that edu...
"I'm not trying to tell you," he said, "that only educated and scholarly men are able to contribute something valuable to the world. It's not so. But I...