Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Horowitz

The left's inability to understand the most basic economic fact - that people need an incentive to produce - has caused the unnecessary deaths of tens of millions of people - mostly poor - in the last 75 years. But thanks to a politically corrupted media and educational system, their pigheaded pursuit of socialist fantasies goes on.

David Hockney

The only people who need degrees are dentists and brain surgeons.

David Hockney

No one has ever asked to see my degree certificate.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.

Beatrice Webb

Harris had the egotistical dogmatism of the self-made man who had painfully educated himself without contact with superior brains.

Beatrix Potter

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

Audrey Hepburn

A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty, labor exploitation and disease, and given them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to reach their full potential.

Audrey Hepburn

Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can't take it in all at once.

Arne Duncan

I believe that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequality, the classroom is the place to start. Great teaching is about so much more than education; it is a daily fight for social justice.

Derek Bok

I think any self-respecting educational institution ought to judge its policies by its best estimate of what their long-term consequences for their students and for the society will be.

The perception is that religious education is just for children, but that's not the case. It would be unfair to leave the adults out. It's for the whole family, the community. We're always encouraged to have everyone join in and grow in their faith.

The only education part of the lottery will come 10 years from now when we see that the money that was supposed to go to education isn't there, ... In one respect, getting this off the table may be a good thing. Maybe now we'll start concentrating on those things that will improve the lives of our people.

We are always pleased to see the university growing. We provide a quality education for a reasonable price.

We are pleased to join them in their youth efforts while using our game of football as a positive educational resource for children.

Amy Cook

We started talking and realized we had the same interest in science education.

Nicholas Negroponte

Everybody agrees that whatever the solutions are to the big problems, they... can never be without some element of education.

Lyndon B. Johnson

We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.

Thomas Jefferson

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

Madeleine Albright

The process of education in the oldest profession in the world is like any other educational process, in that it requires time andeffort and patience; it can only be acquired by taking one step at a time, though the steps become accelerated after the first few.

Madeleine Albright

We must be authors of the history of our age.

William Shakespeare

I am too old to fawn upon a nurse, Too far in years to be a pupil now.

William Shakespeare

Those that do teach young babes Do it with gentle means and easy tasks.

Mario Cuomo

I concentrated on a lot of things, so very few people saw me as an education governor, an infrastructure governor.

Nayef Al-Rodhan

The ways in which readers encounter and relate to information is dramatically influenced by their education as well as their awareness of the pitfalls relating to the information source.

Natassia Malthe

Working on my knowledge and education and learning how to become a more talented and wise person make me feel more sexy.

Nicholas Kristof

Why are fanatics so terrified of girls' education? Because there's no force more powerful to transform a society. The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

What they have to offer is more valuable to parents because of the training, education and knowledge they have.

What he really said is that he does not intend to fund education this year.

C. Northcote Parkinson

The mind reels at the multiplication of books intended to justify the author's promotion from assistant to associate professor.

Casey Kasem

Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for stars.

Carl Jung

Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

Carl Jung

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

If you're white and wealthy, Texas is a great place, however, no Texas governor Republican or Democrat is eager to raise taxes and without that you can't expand access to health care or decrease the cost of higher education.