Education Quotes
“A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.”
-- A. Bartlett Giamatti
“At any rate, girls are differently situated. Having no need of deep scientific knowledge, their education is confined more to the ordinary things of the world, the study of the fine arts, and of the manners and dispositions of people.”
-- William John Wills
“It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.”
-- Adam Weishaupt
“I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for locally and regionally elected politicians who understand best the needs of their areas. And far more say too for the dedicated staff at all levels in health and education.”
-- Charles Kennedy
“My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work. She believed passionately in education.”
-- John H. Johnson
“If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.”
-- Heinrich Heine
“The real solution is to improve the incomes of the poor and provide their children with decent education.”
-- Carol Bellamy
“The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.”
-- Alvin Toffler
“I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools.”
-- Philip Pullman
“The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game.”
-- Jonathan Sacks
“I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.”
-- William Glasser
“When you Google me, you'll find a lot of people don't like Richard Dreyfuss. Because I'm cocky and I present a cocky attitude. But no one has ever disagreed with the notion I represent, that we need more civic education. So far there's 100 percent support for that.”
-- Richard Dreyfuss