“Education is a precondition to survival in America today.”

“He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.”

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

“We're failing our children with education, we're failing our environment.”

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

“The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”

“You look at public education system, charter schools, infrastructure, in so many ways New Orleans has come back stronger.”

“Education is not so important as people think.”

“Education is the best provision for old age.”

“Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.”

“I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I've had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others.”

“One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making.”

“You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.”

“Education, like neurosis, begins at home.”

“For every successful actor or actress, there are countless numbers who don't make it. The name of the game is rejection. You go to an audition and you're told you're too tall or you're too Irish or your nose is not quite right. You're rejected for your education, you're rejected for this or that and it's really tough.”

“Let people have an education and you can't stop them.”

“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”

“Americans are a decade behind Canada when it comes to sex education and understanding their bodies.”

“An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate.”

“Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print experience is what you get when you don't.”

“My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education.”