“The American education system couldn't be more badly directed or poorly funded if the Secretary of Education were Ed Wood.”

“It begins and ends with money. It's absurd in this day and age when we need so much money for education, health, for people, that a $100 million dollars can be spent on a film. It's obscene.”

“If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.”

“Change is the end result of all true learning.”

“I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.”

“I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.”

“You may be a redneck if... you have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education.”

“I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.”

“Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.”