Quotes about education
educational ignorance opportunity
The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for their own sake. They expand our freedom to lead the lives we have reason to value, and these elementary capabilities are of importance on their own Amartya Sen
educational fighting doe
we must go on fighting for basic education for all, but also emphasize the importance of the content of education. We have to make sure that sectarian schooling does not convert education into a prison, rather than being a passport to the wide world.
education school government
There are obvious places in which government can narrow the chasm between haves and have-nots. One is the public schools, which have been seen as the great leveler, the authentic melting pot. That, today, is nonsense. In his scathing study of the nation's public school system entitled "Savage Inequalities," Jonathan Kozol made manifest the truth: that we have a system that discriminates against the poor in everything from class size to curriculum. Anna Quindlen
education college swim
I went to a women's college. ... it was a little like learning to swim while holding on to the side of the pool; I didn't learn the arm movements until after I graduated, but by that time I was one hell of a kicker.
education heart mind
We are commanded to love God with all our minds, as well as with all our hearts, and we commit a great sin if we forbid or prevent that cultivation of the mind in others which would enable them to perform this duty. Angelina Grimke
educational humility garden
There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder. Alfred Austin
educational done students
Learning is something students do, NOT something done to students. Alfie Kohn
education skills willingness-to-learn
The willingness to learn new skills is very high. Angela Merkel
education reading writing
You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem with modernink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead leaves, and mosquito spawn. Amy Tan
education art latin
Botany is the art of insulting flowers in Greek and Latin. Alphonse Karr
education art two
The purpose of education is to fit us for life in a civilised community, and it seems to follow from the subjects we study that the two most important things in civilised life are Art and Science. Anthony Burgess
education talking should
All economists should be locked up until they admit that they don't know what they're talking about. Andy Rooney
education school things-in-life
When it comes to educating all of us about the most basic things in life, it seems to me we need more kindergartens and fewer graduate schools.
education feet elderly
the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
educational america touching
Most of us are visual learners. Some of us are auditor learners – we learn by hearing. Many of us are kinesthetic learners. We learn by doing, touching, feeling. I have found … that we need an educational model that is current, that meets the need of our students. America must understand that she needs Muslims.
education real real-education
The only real education comes from what goes counter to you. Andre Gide
education law childhood
Laws and rules of conduct are for the state of childhood; education is an emancipation.
education army opportunity
A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat. Allen West
educational may appearance
Appearances may be deceiving. Aesop
education nice gossip
If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.
educational sheep wolves-in-sheeps-clothing
Beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing.
education mind common
Education forms the common mind. Alexander Pope
education wisdom stupid-people
The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.
education learning knowledge
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
education money drinking
A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
education spring learning
A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
education exercise mind
Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
educational hands fists
When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand. Alex Haley
education swimming pay
There is no more reason to pay for private education than there is to pay for a private swimming pool for those who do not use public facilities.
educational church walks-of-life
Educational institutes can no longer be prizes in church politics or furnish berths for failure in other walks of life. E. Franklin Frazier
educational book writing
I think we're on a journey....It was very easy to write about my past in my book, but writing about the present is all a new chapter. I hope that people find this journey fascinating, informative and educational. Donna Karan
educational important important-things
The important thing is the educational experience itself — how to survive it. Donald Barthelme
education smart ignorance
It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant. Don Herold