Education Quotes
“We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system.”
“Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.”
-- Billie Joe Armstrong
“Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.”
-- Ed Markey
“All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves.”
-- Emma Goldman
“I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could have tolerated anything so primitive.”
-- John W. Gardner
“The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.”
-- Chaka Fattah
“As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district.”
-- Joe Baca
“I also found that for myself, since I've had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.”
-- Barbara Walters