Quotes about Education

“It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.”

“Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science.”

“Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?”

“Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.”

“The unions no longer control the education agenda of the Democratic Party.”

“My parents had a strong impact on who I am today. My mother and dad both encouraged us to think about the long term - where you wanted to be - to think about education, to think about what is right and what is wrong, and to do things that will help you in the long run.”

“Like many Asian parents, mine were very focused on education. My dad would quiz me with multiplication tables when I was about 5.”

“This is not a time for America to 'believe in magic.' This is a time to drive education forward. This is a time to drive the economy forward. This is a time to drive America forward. We must do it together. And we must re-elect Barack Obama as President of the United States.”

“The most important thing to me with any politician is that they don't start wars, but education is a big part of that, too, because educated people are less likely to do stupid, violent things.”

“Actually John, Paul Rutherford, and Trevor Watts, and several other rather well known English jazz musicians had got their training by joining the Air Force, which was a pretty standard way for people to get some kind of musical education in those days.”

“Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved.”

“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”

“A system of education is not one thing, nor does it have a single definite object, nor is it a mere matter of schools. Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.”

“The Internet is the first technology since the printing press which could lower the cost of a great education and, in doing so, make that cost-benefit analysis much easier for most students. It could allow American schools to service twice as many students as they do now, and in ways that are both effective and cost-effective.”

“I believe primary and secondary education is the bedrock of any sustainable society.”

“Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.”

“It is better to learn late than never.”

“No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.”

“An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.”

“Desegregation of schools does not automatically transform them into better schools. It is only a step. The larger goal is to see that the education of our youth is not merely desegregated, but that it is excellent.”

“It's not enough to train today's workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow's workforce by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education.”