Education Quotes

"We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being"

Maria Montessori, Educator

"We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses"

Maria Montessori, Educator

"Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education"

Zhuang Zi, Philosopher

"We need to enhance the quality of education and training to develop human resources"

Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politician

"Education is the foundation of our society, and we must invest in it to ensure the success of our country in the future"

Dmitry Medvedev, President

"We must invest in education, research and innovation to unleash the potential of our young people and build a brighter future for all"

Abdullah Gul, President

"Education is the key to unlocking the potential of our youth and building a bright future for our country"

Alassane Ouattara, President

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

John Dickey, Politician

"There is no more reason to pay for private education than there is to pay for a private swimming pool for those who do not use public facilities"

Albert Shanker, Educator

"The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel"

John Glenn, Astronaut

"When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life"

Jack Miller, Politician

"The education, the cultural awareness, is different in Europe, especially in France, from that in the United States. So I think the public will be much more appreciative of many images"

Herb Ritts, Photographer

"Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to give their children a good education"

Simon van der Meer, Physicist

"In many Asian households, to not go on to higher education, that's like a big no-no. I know my parents' discouragement was for my own protection, and I'm really close to them now, but they didn't understand that there is value in this. That's because they didn't know"

Sandra Oh, Actress

"American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century"

Diane Ravitch, Historian

"The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable"

Chaka Fattah, Politician

"If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge"

Brad Sherman, Politician

"Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has left it unfunded"

Sidney Blumenthal, Journalist

"Learning about all those different things psychologically - about grief and my own addictions and problems and stuff like that, and really getting an education on it, I think it was part of the process of it, learning about it and trying to lick it"

Richie Sambora, Musician

"Music is an element that should be part and parcel of every child's life via the education system"

Victoria Wood, Comedian

"Also, if we take back our schools and concentrate on improving them so our children get a better education, they will be better trained to compete for a job locally"

Vincent Frank

"The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight"

Harold Rosenberg, Writer

"Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands are left without education"

Robert Charles Winthrop, Politician

"This is a value-added college education if I have heard one described. And what is the most remarkable about Delaware State University graduates - is they just keeping giving back"

Michael N. Castle, Politician

"They were often the first students in their family to go to college and the very idea of higher education was still foreign to them. They had to make a conscious and often difficult decision to come to college"

Michael N. Castle, Politician

"My father was in the coal business in West Virginia. Both dad and mother were, however, originally from Massachusetts; New England, to them, meant the place to go if you really wanted an education"

John Knowles, Novelist

"There's my education in computers, right there; this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book"

Howard Aiken, Scientist

"I'm very interested, for instance, in music in education - getting young people not only to listen to, but participate in the music that I write. I consider this one of the most vital aspects of my work"

Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer

"Taxpayers will not stand for - nor should they - the funding of poster sites, leaflets or advertising. What people will support is funding for political education, for training, for party organization"

Peter Hain, Politician

"In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated"

Walter Annenberg, Businessman

"To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept his own occasional hostilities and to realize that differing opinions need not imply an absence of love"

Milton R. Sapirstein, Physicist

"Don't let your studies interfere with your education"

Henry Rutgers, Businessman

"Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education"

Paul Erdos, Mathematician

"Individually, museums are fine institutions, dedicated to the high values of preservation, education and truth; collectively, their growth in numbers points to the imaginative death of this country"

Robert Hewison, Historian

"I studied secondary education"

Jim McKay, Journalist

"Looking ahead, I can see more and more instances where I will disagree with the president on very fundamental issues. The largest, for me, is education"

Jim Jeffords, Politician

"The want of education and moral training is the only real barrier that exists between the different classes of men"

Susanna Moodie, Author

"Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time they start Kindergarten"

Robert. L. Ehrlich, Politician

"My real education began when I entered the University of Chicago in September 1951 as a graduate student"

James Cronin, Physicist

"We are afraid to face the hard questions. We are willing to tackle drugs, crime, and public education only if it doesn't cost us any new taxes"

J. Irwin Miller, Businessman

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