Education Quotes
“The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.”
“The American education system couldn't be more badly directed or poorly funded if the Secretary of Education were Ed Wood.”
-- Dennis Miller
“It begins and ends with money. It's absurd in this day and age when we need so much money for education, health, for people, that a $100 million dollars can be spent on a film. It's obscene.”
-- Kathleen Turner
“If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.”
-- Maynard James Keenan
“I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.”
-- Clay Aiken
“I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.”
-- Mikhail Baryshnikov
“You may be a redneck if... you have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education.”
-- Jeff Foxworthy