Education Quotes

One of the troubles of the day, observes Mr. C.N. Peac, is that once we came upon the little red schoolhouse, whereas now we come upon the little-read school boy.

Of course their [Cuba's] economy is terrible, but they have Health Care and education.

Corporations are not going to stash their money in the Cayman Islands. We are going to reinvest in America, create jobs, make education available to all.

The sentiments of an adult are compounded of a kernel of instinct surrounded by a vast husk of education.

Almost all education has a political motive.

The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education.

The essence of education is that it is a change effected in the organism to satisfy the operator.

Zeno was concerned with three problems... These are the problem of the infinitesimal, the infinite, and continuity.

The purpose of education is to teach a defense against eloquence.

Education ought to foster the wish for truth, not the conviction that some particular creed is the truth.

That's why I'm concerned about education, because it helps our children see other worlds. Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk!

At the end of the day, things don't get better unless you continue to invest in your workforce. And I've not heard any Republican talk about education and the investment in the future workforce.

I can not imagine my life if I didn't have a music program in my school.

Education is a right, it's a journey, it's a process, and it's something we have to stand for, as hard as it is.

It's the combination: big idea with a good entrepreneur: there's nothing more powerful. That's just as true [for] education and human rights as it is for hotel or steels.

Investing in innovation, which was my broad theme talking to [Warren Buffett ], that included health vaccines, it included energy and education.

[Africa] is the one continent where you still have a lot more young people than old people. So making sure they're healthy, good nutrition, good education. That'll be important for the world.

Journalism's been a continuing course in adult education for me.

If you just take a single human and put him or her in the forest he or she might not do very well without some sort of education which he got or she got from some tribe.

The goal of higher education should be to champion the airing of all honest viewpoints. Nothing less is acceptable.

The last thing we need to do, relating to teachers, is the key to a good education in this country is a strong teacher. I would have a minimum wage for all our teachers, $40,000 per year.

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.

The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.

There's always a place for the angry young man with his fist in the air and his head in the sand. He's never been able to learn from mistakes, he can't understand why his heart always breaks.

No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can't we learn from all we've been through after two thousand years?

When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.

I got a liberal education. A white guy, rapping as Bugs Bunny, on a quintuple-platinum album.

In school, I guess I was a difficult, know-it-all type of student... I was always complaining that music education was too academic.

Education produces natural intuitions, and natural intuitions are erased by education.

Unless we make education a priority, an entire generation of Americans could miss out on the American dream.

We need to unlearn some of our respect for education, since it has undermined our respect for ourselves.

People tell me it's a sin, to know and feel too much within.

As I stepped to the stage to pick up my degree, and the locusts sang off in the distance.

They like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study in, sing Amazing Grace all the way to the Swiss banks.

I've had two fatwas issued against me by despot mullahs opposed to education - and important to know that the great majority of Imams and Islamic religious leaders support education for all children.

A good education is a stepping-stone to wealth.

Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.

Educate yourself. Understand what you're dealing with. Then figure out how to fight it. Then figure out how to raise money for that fight. It'll help you cope. It'll help your child.

Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.

I like words. And I always learn a few new ones when Father gets angry. I shouldn't neglect my education, now should I?

I'd like to widen my education. I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.

I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science.

I definitely think education is important and both education and sport link really well together. I like to give education and sport the best that I can to see if I can succeed in both.

I want to make as much of a contribution as I can, to Harvard, to higher education and hopefully, to education around the world.

I'm a big believer in education. If people learn the truth, they'll see the benefit if they have gender neutral policies.

When President Kennedy took office, I was in the midst of my education.

Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.

The mind reels at the multiplication of books intended to justify the author's promotion from assistant to associate professor.

I know more Australian people than I know New Zealand persons. I feel like there's a real gap in my education.

My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups - development, testing, marketing, user education.