“I know there are things I did in education that will never be reversed. I have not done that in film yet because I have only been here for about nine months.”

“An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.”

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”

“If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.”

“We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.”

“I wouldn't be where I am today without the amazing public arts education that I had.”

“For me, I was somebody who was a smart young guy who didn't do very well in school. The basic system of education, I didn't fit in my intelligence was elsewhere.”

“If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.”

“You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize that out of the 3 R's only one begins with an R.”