Quotes about Education

“I know a lot of people think I'm dumb. Well, at least I ain't no educated fool.”

“While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.”

“I think the world will just be better if AI is helping us. It will reduce the cost of goods, giving us good education, changing the way we run hospitals and the health-care system - there's just a long list of things.”

“Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk!”

“Education equals economic growth.”

“There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.”

“I think technical education and vocational skills and having a trade mean something.”

“With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,' or, 'I want my child to shake hands firmly,' or, 'I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.'”

“We believed that there's no such thing as good art or bad art. Art is art. If it's bad, it's something else. It was a much, much harder line in the '50s and '60s than it is now, because the idea of art education didn't exist - they didn't have a fine arts program when I was a kid.”

“Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted.”

“When children and youth are deprived of their right to education, their community is deprived of a sustainable future. It is all the more true with refugees.”

“All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.”

“Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated.”

“Old Etonians are the most charming people in the world. It's not just the analytic ability and the great education; there is a really easy confidence to them that draws people to them and makes their passage though the world a little easier.”

“The end of education is to see men made whole, both in competence and in conscience.”

“Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.”

“Our laws guarantee all students the right to a K-12 education, regardless of their immigration status.”

“Education is worth its weight in gold. Make no mistake about it.”

“For-profit higher education is today a booming industry, feeding on the student loans handed out to the desperate.”

“Common Core reminds us what testing can do right. Modeled on standards of the world's education superpowers, questions demand critical thinking and creativity. Students are asked to write at length, show their work, and explain their reasoning.”

“If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.”