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.”
“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