Education Quotes

THE rich possess ample means to realize any theory they may chuse to adopt in the education of their children, regardless of the cost; but it is not so with him whose Subsistence is derived from industry.

'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.

Education is not so important as people think.

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

When I enrolled in college at age 19, I had a total of eight years of formal classroom education. As a result, I was not comfortable with formal lectures and receiving regular homework assignments.

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.

Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon.

Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.

I think part of the problem is the education system doesn't work - it's not accountable.

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.

The education, the cultural awareness, is different in Europe, especially in France, from that in the United States. So I think the public will be much more appreciative of many images.

I always felt that I came up short in the education department, but I've come to the conclusion that we all get an education.

I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.

Obedience is the primary object of all sound education.

I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.

Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture.

Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum.

Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services.

My job is to make sure that if you're a family in Florida, your children can get a good education and you have the opportunity for a job. That's my job and that's what I think about every day.

My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.

In 1933, the Nazis came to power and the more systematic persecution of the Jews followed quickly. Laws were enacted which excluded Jewish children from higher education in public schools.

But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

No one can get an education, for of necessity education is a continuing process.

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

There is still a lot of misinformation being spread about higher education funding arrangements under the new Act. The students page on my website sets out the main points in the Act.

We're first on executions. We're 49th in funding public education. We're in a race with Mississippi for the bottom, and we're winning.