Grade/people

Famous quotes containing the words grade and/or people:

“Life begins at six—at least in the minds of six-year-olds. . . . In kindergarten you are the baby. In first grade you put down the baby. . . . Every first grader knows in some osmotic way that this is real life. . . . First grade is the first step on the way to a place in the grown-up world.”
—Stella Chess (20th century)

“As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now?”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)