Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Cox

I think it's a good idea. The Bangor School System is the gold standard as far as education goes, at least in this part of the state.

Thomas Piketty

The main force pushing toward reduction in inequality has always been the diffusion of knowledge and the diffusion of education.

Susan Strasberg

As far as I can see, about the only thing I've missed is a college education.

Muriel Spark

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion.

Kathy Ireland

But I look at failure as education. In that respect, I am so well-educated.

Damien Chazelle

Going back to my film education, I always have that voice in my head that's always screaming, 'Sell out!' And that's good: you want that, because it keeps you on your toes, and it's important to remember what's actually important.

Fred Wilson

He's a wonderful person if for no other reason than the education piece.

Randy Fisher

I think it's lack of education - that's usually the problem with urban communities.

Bob Brassard

It is a fairly rigorous process. This kind of verifies the type of education they are getting in Shawnee Mission.

Anton LaVey

It's a shame stupidity isn't painful.

Anton LaVey

Stupidity-The top of the list for Satanic Sins.

Robert Cormier

You could reason with someone who was halfway educated and appeal to his intelligence, but I felt helpless in the face of utter stupidity.

Robbie Coltraine

I think the shocking thing to discover is the owls are not stupid and very feral, very hard to train.

Rob Corddry

I actually got the part. And I thought, Well, I'll do it for a while. I'll just quit if it's stupid.

Richard P. Feynman

I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.

Richard P. Feynman

When you are thinking about something you don't understand you have a terrible, uncomfortable feeling called confusion. The confusion is, because we are all some kind of apes that are kind of stupid trying to figure out how to put two sticks together to reach the banana, and we can't quite make it. So I always feel stupid. Once in a while, I put the two sticks together, and I reach the banana.

Richard Dawkins

I once wrote that anybody who believes the world is only 6,000 years old is either ignorant, stupid, insane or wicked.

Richelle Mead

You did what you did out of love. I can't be mad at you over that. It was stupid, but that's how love is. Do you have any idea what I'd do for you? To keep you safe?

Jeff Kinney

Kids and adults have a difference of opinion when it comes to what constitutes legitimate reading. Adults often push books that they loved as children, which, ironically, were often books that their parents weren't particularly keen on.

Stephen Jones

Kid books can get cute and a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e. Garfield says cute rots the intellect. Don't forget the name of the cat! You pick up cats the wrong way and they stop being adorable...they become Scratch.

James Patterson

Kids say the No. 1 reason they don't read more is that they can't find books they like. Freedom of choice is a key to getting them motivated and excited.

Japanese Proverb

Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back an ass

Spike Jonze

Kids are so fiercely opinionated, that if they love the Harry Potter books and they go see the movie, they'll be the first to say, 'That was wrong! They didn't get that right!' They're storytellers themselves. They're critics. They're going to have the critical opinion.

Marshal Cohen

Kids are not interested in taking their summer vacation to start thinking about back-to-school wardrobes, supplies and book bags.

William Rehnquist

I wrote this book for a sense of personal satisfaction. Just like taking a good photograph or painting a picture or playing a good golf game or something, it's the thing in itself that justifies it.

Terry McMillan

I wrote the book in order to give myself permission,

Kevin Spacey

I write a lot about my experiences and the people I meet. I've got a lot of material. But a book about me? It seems sort of odd.