Education Quotes

“This is not a zero-sum game. We know that if we provide access and education, particularly where there are gaps in the market, we will create more jobs, we will create more growth, and we will create more activity in the U.S. market, which will be good for our economy.”

-- Karen Mills

“I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.”

-- Sparky Anderson

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”

-- Will Durant

“Latinos care about education, yes, so we need reform, not just money.”

-- Susana Martinez

“Fully 57 percent of American college students are women. Life insurance companies sell more policies to women than to men. As women continue to draw on experience and education, they're accelerating their numbers in upper management, too.”

-- Suzanne Fields

“An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home.”

-- Francois Hollande

“To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes.”

-- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions.”

-- Mark Kennedy

“To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion.”

-- Muriel Spark

“A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought.”

-- Mikhail Baryshnikov