Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michel de Montaigne

In my youth I studied for ostentation; later, a little to gain wisdom; now, for recreation; never for gain.

Michel de Montaigne

Whatever I may be, I want to be elsewhere than on paper. My art and my industry have been employed in making myself good for something; my studies, in teaching me to do, not to write. I have put all my efforts into forming my life. That is my trade and my work.

Michel de Montaigne

Our speech has its weaknesses and its defects, like all the rest. Most of the occasions for the troubles of the world are grammatical.

Michael Kimmelman

Everything, even the most ordinary daily affair, is enriched by the lessons that can be gleaned from art...

Mark Twain

Some authorities hold that the young ought not to lie at all. That, of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary; still, while I cannot go quite so far as that, I do maintain, and I believe I am right, that the young ought to be temperate in the use of this great art until practice and experience shall give them that confidence, elegance and precision which alone can make the accomplishment graceful and profitable.

Let us use the evolution controversy to intensify our efforts to provide a world-class education to our students and to support the faculty who engage in the important research and teaching missions of our schools and universities,

Less than 1 percent of the prairie grass region remains unplowed, and this is one piece of that. So, not only is it important for the university to save it for education and research, but also so it can be a good, productive member of society.

Many corporations are starting to embed financial education for their employees.

She used to be a catechism teacher in Mexico and was really involved in organizing masses. Mom still keeps up with her education in Richmond at the diocese.

The primary, the most urgent requirement is the promotion of education. It is inconceivable that any nation should achieve prosperity and success unless this paramount, this fundamental concern is carried forward. The principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples is ignorance. Today the mass of the people are uninformed even as to ordinary affairs, how much less do they grasp the core of the important problems and complex needs of the time.

...knowledge is the cause of human progress.

To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God.

Abdul Kalam

Learning gives creativity Creativity leads to thinking Thinking provides knowledge Knowledge makes you great.

Abraham Lincoln

That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.

Abraham Lincoln

I am absent altogether too much to be a suitable instructor for a law-student. When a man has reached the age that Mr. Widner has,and has already been doing for himself, my judgment is, that he reads the books for himself without an instructor. That is precisely the way I came to the law.

Abraham Lincoln

My father, at the death of his father, was but six years of age; and he grew up, literally without education.

Romeo Miller

I went to a regular school... education kept me sane.

Jeremy Corbyn

Obsession with the market seem to prevent ministers looking at the huge problem and all its ramifications in health, education and employment that come from the housing insecurity that too many face.

Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.

Nobody escapes. Whoever gets caught, it is not for a lack of education.

Ramon Rodriguez

Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.

Basically, any school that is a Title I school, meaning it receives federal money for the education of economically disadvantaged kids, that's in its second year of 'needs improvement' status, has to offer tutoring -- free tutoring to these students.

China's education system is a no man's land. Schools have too much autonomy, they receive government funding, but they are not monitored.

My experiences and education from Penn State were paramount to getting the offer from Ford.

Selena

Music is not a very stable business. It comes and it goes, and so does money, but your education stays with you for the rest of your life. When you have that education, and you have nothing to fall back on, you can get a get a job anywhere.

Music education in the public schools is where it all begins.

Bob Graham

more than the federal government will spend on education this year, twice as much as the federal government will spend on our roads, bridges, highways and public transit systems.

My family thought it was insanity for me to go into the theater rather than to get an education.

E. B. White

Numerous times we've had no one show up after the hour. Students need to be on time. They miss their education if they're not at school on time.

Jon Corzine

get right at the heart of how we fund public education in this state.

If it's simply an educational site, then I don't see it as a huge threat.

If we're trying to set education policy, we have to listen to the education experts.

I always preach to my Sailors about the importance of education. An education is something that no one can ever take from you.