Nannie Helen Burroughs Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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Education is the mother of leadership.
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Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an astronomer, but I figured I'd try it, and if I didn't get far enough, I could always end up teaching in high school or math or physics.
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One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mothers push the daughters to get out of the harem, to get the education, to achieve what they could not even dream of.
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From the early days of the Raj, Shakespeare had been woven into the fabric of India's education, and my father understood that in a culture rich with storytelling and fantastical tales, Shakespeare's characters and storylines resonated in a powerful way.
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
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I think higher education is over-regulated.
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From my intimate discussions with President Obama, it is evident that India figures significantly in American geo-political, economic and strategic thinking. India is the largest democracy in the world.
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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
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Our education system is not preparing young people for the world they will face.
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No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.
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In Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy and it must be nurtured along by its leaders.
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In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies.
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'The Sea Wolf' is the story of a man who believes only in brute force. He is so firm in belief in his own ideas that he despises all who disagree with him. He preaches the doctrine of intolerance. He flaunts the notion that democracy is anything but weakness.
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Fifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. That's why we restored diplomatic relations, opened the door to travel and commerce, and positioned ourselves to improve the lives of the Cuban people.
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I need to complete my homework on time.
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A lack of moral clarity is also the tragedy that has befallen efforts to advance peace and security in the world. Promoting peace and security is fundamentally connected to promoting freedom and democracy.
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A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of an authentic democracy.
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Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.
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'People will challenge you, question you, try to get you off track. Don't listen to the temptation to act out of character.'
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We are victims of the post-Enlightenment view that the world functions like a sophisticated machine, to be understood like a textbook engineering problem and run by wonks. In other words, like a home appliance, not like the human body.
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If I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me and treats me like everyone else, I'm not used to it.
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One look at an email can rob you of 15 minutes of focus. One call on your cell phone, one tweet, one instant message can destroy your schedule, forcing you to move meetings, or blow off really important things, like love, and friendship.
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Education and justice are democracy's only life insurance.
