Education Quotes

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.

The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.

I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.

Although I was raised Jewish, my upbringing didn't include any formal religious education or training.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

President Obama believes in a country where we invest in education, in roads and bridges, in science, and in the future so we can create new opportunities so the next kid can make it big and the kid afer that and the kid after that, that's what President Obama believes.

Life isn't all beer and skittles, but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman's education.

As a Member of Congress, I've continued my family's tradition of focusing on education.

If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.

I've done quite a few adverts. I've also done some presenting and acting work in Spain. I did a lot of Spanish education videos for people wanting to learn English.

I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever.

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.

The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.

Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.

I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education.

Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way, and I've been watching this for a longtime.

I am very proud of the quality of public education in Nebraska, but I believe we have an obligation to continually assess whether our system is meeting 21st Century education needs.

Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word.

Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.

I probably didn't put forth the effort I should have put forth, didn't realize the value of education until I went to college.

We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet.

I know each fund has its supporters, and that some will not want to see the surplus go to schools. But, in tough times, you have to set priorities. And our priority is education.

Economic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked.

My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It was probably harder, much, much harder, for my parents. When you're a kid, you can learn a language much more easily; I learned English in less than a year.

When a woman earns a dollar, the payback is higher. She'll invest in her children, in their education, health care, and basic needs. The impact of a woman's role in the economy benefits society at large.

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.

I loved education, and, yes, I did want to go on learning.

I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.

Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.