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.”
“I feel that education needs an overhaul - courses are obsolete and grades are on the way out.”
-- Kent McCord
“And I'm very surprised that all this stuff actually worked out to where I could have a career in film, gain the benefit of my education, and be thankful that I was able to break into my craft as an actor.”
-- Terrence Howard
“Higher education is one of few areas where this country competes with the rest of the world and wins. The best of American higher education outstrips any in the world. Look where the rest of the world goes for higher education, for graduate degrees. They come here.”
-- Donna Shalala
“I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever.”
-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this country.”
-- Bobby Scott
“My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups - development, testing, marketing, user education.”
-- Melinda Gates