“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.”

“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.”

“The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game.”

“I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.”

“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.”

“I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that it's too late by college.”

“The willingness to learn new skills is very high.”

“Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.”

“Even in a time of fiscal austerity, education is more than just an expense.”