Education Quotes
“My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education.”
“America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.”
-- Will Rogers
“The zeitgeist is for cutting spending and balancing the budget. But I do not want the Republican Party to be perceived as putting the budget ahead of people, jobs and education.”
-- Jack Kemp
“We are currently working on new policies to protect and create American jobs, particularly by improving education. We need more information in order to find the best solutions to this increasing concern for American families.”
-- Dan Lipinski
“I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.”
-- Billy Sunday
“Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future.”
-- Michael Morpurgo