Education Quotes
“State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher education. Colleges, in turn, answer these funding cuts with tuition hikes.”
“My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor.”
-- Matt Damon
“You know, in 1975 I couldn't get a job in New York City because I was American. The kitchens were predominantly run by French, Swiss, German, and basically I got laughed at. I had education, I had experience, but got laughed at because I was American.”
-- Emeril Lagasse
“Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism.”
-- John O. Brennan
“Education makes children less dependent upon others and opens doors to better jobs and career possibilities.”
-- Solomon Ortiz
“The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel.”
-- John Glenn