Education Quotes
“My father is a real idealist, and he's all about learning. If I asked for a pair of Nikes growing up, it was just a resounding 'No.' But if I asked for a saxophone, one would appear and next day and I'd be signed up for lessons. So anything to do with education or learning, my father would spare no expense.”
“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