Quotes about 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.”

“Since Mary is the prototype of pure womanhood, the imitation of Mary must be the goal of girls' education.”

“Democracy is interactive... It's a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.”

“Public education is our greatest pathway to opportunity in America. So we need to invest in and strengthen our public universities today, and for generations to come.”

“Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.”

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”

“I wanted to further my education, so I went on to get a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and came back and served about ten years in the Canadian Navy as what we call a combat systems engineer.”

“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.”

“To my mind, the education of children - girl children, specifically - is what really creates an enlightened society. It creates a liberal society.”

“If we provide quality education to one generation, poverty will automatically be eradicated from society.”

“Education in British schools isn't good enough. It's not remotely imaginative enough. It lets down too many children, excluding them from society, and, as I've often said, people who are excluded from society tend to express themselves in ways not acceptable to society.”

“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”

“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.”

“Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”

“You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it.”

“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.”

“The cost of college education today is so high that many young people are giving up their dream of going to college, while many others are graduating deeply in debt.”

“Education is hanging around until you've caught on.”

“An education system where student selection is based on credit capacity and not merit capacity and where graduating students are no longer indebted to the nation, but increasingly indebted to the Australian Taxation Office - that's no way to improve the quality of education.”

“Shakespeare is practically our only link with the classic and the past. The future of education has much to do with whether we will be able to cling to him or not.”

“Early childhood education remains one of the strongest investments we can make in the long-term success of our students and the long-term economic strength of our communities.”