Ursula Goodenough Quotes

Human memory, they say, is like a coat closet: The most enduring outcome of a formal education is that it creates rows of coat hooks so that later on, when you come upon a new piece of information, you have a hook to hang it on. Without a hook, the new information falls on the floor.

Ursula Goodenough

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Education is the largest and most important investment Utah makes.

Gary Herbert
- Important
- Education
- Utah
If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts.

Adam Duritz Matt Malley
- Memories
- Movies
- Dreams
Education is a way of empowering people; it opens up so many doors and is fundamental to everybody. And teachers are not often appreciated in the way that they should be.

Camila Alves
- People
- Up
- Education
Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.

E. L. Konigsburg
- Up
- Feeling
- Small
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

Abraham Lincoln
- School
- Education
Mixing in some rusty oranges is a warm way to update your place for fall.

Nate Berkus
- Fall
- Place
- Warm