Quotes about Education

“Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.”

“As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.”

“I believe education should be a right for every child, but tragically in many parts of world it is a privilege for certain children whose parents have money. There are 72 million children in the world who don't go to school and many of them are in Africa.”

“It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.”

“You can't stand for too many things. You can't use the bully pulpit for too many things. So, I promise you, every day, I am going to talk about jobs, spending, and education.”

“The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.”

“Elimination of child labour and access to education are like two sides of one coin. One cannot be achieved without the other.”

“I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could have tolerated anything so primitive.”

“We've not given any attention to the people in their 50s and 60s, who need attention, education and engagement, in terms of the society and in terms of their identity as human beings.”

“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.”

“We cannot create observers by saying 'observe', but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.”

“To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.”

“America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.”

“Education is neither eastern nor western.”

“Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away.”

“There's always a miasma of misinformation emerging from the higher education sector as to which are the 'best' courses to take. My advice would always be to ignore the perceived wisdom and look for the most reliable evidence on the ground.”

“To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion.”

“When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.”

“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”

“I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.”

“I would say that something important for me and for my generation in Northern Ireland was the 1947 Education Act, which allowed students who won scholarships to go on to secondary schools and thence to university.”