Assassination Classroom quotes

16 quotes from 4 characters across a 22-episode series. Every quote here is also available as JSON from the Animechan API.

Korosensei 10 quotes

  • To kill is an action which overflows in everyday life. In actuality the more you try to be accepted, the more you kill your unrestrained self.
  • The world will always be filled with injustice. If you have time to give up or hold a grudge against that injustice, then use that time to enjoy battling those injustices instead.
  • Exams are an opportunity to teach correctly the meaning of winning and losing, of strong and weak. Students soak up heaping helpings of successes and setbacks! Take in now what it means to win, what it means to lose!
  • Please remember that there are times to take someone's hand and lead them along... But also times when you must be stern and let them fend for themselves.
  • It’s dangerous for them to grow up without experiencing true competition. Because they’ll keep whining, even without taking the matter seriously. For those with a high level of aptitude... The sooner they know the frustration of defeat, the greater their growth will be.
  • Those who can't do what they have to when the time comes for action will find their presence fading in our classroom. An assassin who neglects to sharpen his blade is no assassin at all. He's just a boastful brat swinging around a rusty sword.
  • Whether a fish lives in a clear stream or a water ditch, so long as it continues swimming forward, it will grow up beautifully.
  • The difference between the novice and the master is that the master has failed more times than the novice has tried.
  • Honestly, there isn't much meaning to the splendid names given to you by your parents. What does have meaning, is what the person behind that name does during their actual lifetime. The name doesn't make the person. The name simply remains gently within the footprint left on the path a person walks.
  • Tests are a good thing. The knowledge gained from a night of cramming will be all but forgotten once you hit adulthood. And that's fine. The experience you gain through competition, having sharpened your skills and broadened your minds all under the same set of rules? That's the real treasure.

Karma Akabane 4 quotes

  • Even if the questions change, it makes no difference to me.
  • If you’ve got time to point fingers, then how about using your head to figure out what you want to do about it?
  • Total victory is scoring an easy win by doing what you always do.
  • People with talent often have the wrong impression that things will go as they think.

Karasuma Tadaomi 1 quote

  • If something is possible, carry on as planned. Even if it isn't possible, do it anyway.

Nagisa Shiota 1 quote

  • Anything can be a sword if you polish it enough.

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About Assassination Classroom

Also known as Ansatsu Kyoushitsu.

Tucked in the mountains near the elite Kunugigaoka Middle School lies a small derelict building that houses the delinquents and dropouts of Class 3-E. Looked down upon by their peers, the students in this class appear to have little hope in advancing their academic careers. That is, until the national government tasks them with eliminating the greatest threat to their planet: their new teacher. Having already destroyed the moon, the octopus-like professor—dubbed "Koro-sensei"—has now threatened to destroy the Earth by March of the following year. In light of their mission, the students have found that killing him is easier said than done. Not only can Koro-sensei move at speeds of up to Mach 20, but he can also resist almost every earthly weapon. Ironically, he also proves to be one of the best teachers Class 3-E has ever had. Training the class to excel in both their studies as students and skills as assassins, Koro-sensei is confident that his students' ingenuity and indomitable will could return them to the main campus. Through trial and error, Nagisa Shiota, as well as the other students of Class 3-E, must figure out Koro-sensei's weaknesses—and fast, for the very fate of the world depends upon it.

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