Education Quotes
“Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.”
“Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that he suffers one tragedy and one setback after another, through sheer force of will, he becomes something extraordinary: not only the president but the person who almost single-handedly united the country.”
-- Seth Graham-Smith
“My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.”
-- Baz Luhrmann
“With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education.”
-- Sally Kirkland
“Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way, and I've been watching this for a longtime.”
-- Jonathan Kozol
“Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage.”
-- Danny Glover