Education Quotes
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Spend hundreds of millions; talk endlessly about issues; present 12-point plans for education, the economy, and the environment. But in the end, the election of our next president can turn on a gaffe.
Jack Germond -
Education needs to be personalized and flexible, which means education policy needs to originate from our local communities and not from some bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.
Jeff Duncan
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I really missed going to college. I missed not having that education and that experience.
Brooklyn Decker -
In order to defend the Chinese race, one must first defend the Confucian culture; and in order to defend the Confucian culture, one must first defend the State. This is because what preserves the race relies upon intelligence, which is in turn nurtured by Confucian education.
Zhang Zhidong -
The demographic of young people... in each hand is a phone, more powerful than a computer. It's a doorway to the digital nation, to education.
Safra A. Catz -
I was a Social Science major in college, with an emphasis in secondary education. I took as many courses on the American colonial era and westward expansion as I could. This turned out to be wonderful preparation for writing fantasy novels.
Rae Carson -
I think that education is a pathway out of poverty for many people. It was for our family.
Blase J. Cupich -
Civilization, it was once said, is a race between education and catastrophe - and we intend to win that race for education.
John F. Kennedy
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I was raised by a single mother, and she felt the Japanese education system, albeit wonderful, keeps you in a certain range. You have to be better than this level but below this level.
Masi Oka -
Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.
Charles Barkley -
Higher education is not growing fast enough to meet the needs of Nevada.
James E. Rogers -
Primary-school education is a crock, basically. It's oppressive to anyone with physical energy, especially guys.
Camille Paglia -
The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
E. O. Wilson -
Unfortunately, the mechanism for doing philanthropy in a structured way isn't yet in place in India. I already do a fair bit and support various causes such as education, sanitation, health. But selling costly drugs at affordable prices is philanthropy in itself.
Yusuf Hamied
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Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector.
Shakira -
Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.
James A. Baldwin -
The French talk about education, the education of their children. They don't talk about raising kids. They talk about education. And that has nothing to do with school. It's this kind of broad description of how you raise children and what you teach them.
Pamela Druckerman -
In Barack Obama, we have a great education president who is rebuilding America. His Race to the Top program is doing more to 'spur us' to improve our public schools than anything we've ever done as a nation.
Jim Hunt -
In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.
Maya Angelou -
For me, when you put a MakerBot in a school, you add a manufacturing education to the environment where I think we can really empower the next generation to compete in the global economy.
Bre Pettis
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Our education system was developed for an industrial era where we could teach certain skills to our children and they were able to use these skills for the rest of their lives working productively in an industry.
Naveen Jain -
We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others - people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education.
Wendy Kopp -
We always wanted to be a big infra player in India - in sectors such as energy, healthcare, education, locomotives, etc.
John L. Flannery -
Education is the cornerstone of our communities and our country.
Bill Frist