Famous Quotes & Sayings

The purpose of our public schools must be first and foremost to provide quality education for our children. While this should be done within the financial means of the district, the emphasis must be on providing a quality education.

We're probably at least 50 percent female and have a large constituency of international students. We take pride in that, but it also means that the education today has a much more world-like flavor.

We've found that many people neglect to renew their anti-virus when an upgrade comes around, because they think they can do without it. This education effort is aimed at showing them the little steps they can take to protect themselves.

Fred Wilson

He's a wonderful person if for no other reason than the education piece.

He's done great work over the past years in public education and conservation for sharks. We support his effort and he should continue. He is hard working, very knowledgeable about his issue and fisheries in general.

There are several levels of problems, ... The status of women is a big issue. The long-term solution is education for women that I can't provide -- that's a 100-year plan.

The mark of an educated man is the ability to make a reasoned guess on the basis of insufficient information.

Will McDonough

I was a student at Northeastern University in Boston. They have a co-operative form of education where you go to school for five years.

It is snobbery, basically, ... People think you would have to have a university education at least to write as he does.

I think we're getting away from the real education issues.

I think we have to keep the proper perspective on high school sports. Sometimes, sports can seem like a runaway train, so we have to remind our student-athletes that education comes first, and that you have to be a good sport to play and a good citizen.

Peter Brimelow

I think we spend too much on K-12 education a.k.a. teachers' salaries. It's the only industry where you never see any productivity increases.

I think it's nice that it's more central. I'm an education major, so I saw it all the time, but it's good that more people can see it.

I always preach to my Sailors about the importance of education. An education is something that no one can ever take from you.

Gary Johnson

He is a great, great man. A great communicator in education.

If it's simply an educational site, then I don't see it as a huge threat.

If we're trying to set education policy, we have to listen to the education experts.

Maajid Nawaz

I worked my way through the education system and was treated as though I had value.

I grew up with a lot of the same kind of education (like Kindermusik),

If we don't pass a referendum, the school here will be a very different place next year.

If we get into a special session, education is a legitimate issue.

We're trying to push our education mission to meet the avocations of people, or their external interests.

David Wright

We're trying to make everyone uncomfortable with this report. Whether it's students or higher-education leaders or governments, we all have to do more.

Subsidies on petroleum products and fertilizers should be phased out in a defined, time-bound manner. The resources that would get freed up could then be used to fund various social sector programmes in education, healthcare and other priority sectors.

Cherie Blair

Yes, people need food and education. But one of the cornerstones of any society is a well-functioning legal system.

Clayton Christensen

For 300 years, higher education was not disruptable because there was no technological core.

Doris Lessing

I was writing all my childhood. And I wrote two novels when I was 17, which were terrible. And I'm not sorry I threw them out. So, I wrote. I had to write. You know, the thing was, I had no education.

Ian Harding

My favorite subject was either English or History. I had a really awesome high school education.

Ben Bernanke

As an educator myself, I understand the profound effect that good teachers and a quality education have on the lives of our young people.

Ahmed Zewail

Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future.

Carlos Slim

Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.

We should be trying to make education less expensive, not more.

Bob McNair

If you're going to have a satisfactory standard of living, you're going to have to be competitive in this world. And you can't be competitive if you don't have a good education.