Quotes About Education

Poetry has never been written with the intention of making young people irritated, bored, anxious or humiliated, and yet the consequence of the test and exam system often does just that.

Isaac Hayes told me once, 'There's no such thing as old-school. Either you went to school or you didn't.'

I was always inclined towards learning more about Islam.

I would say my dad wanted to keep his kids isolated from social influences like going to school and making friends.

There is no comparison between the training here and the training in Israel.

Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.

The No. 1 issue in the Hispanic American community is 'How do I leave my children better off than myself?

This issue is whether or not our government should be infusing religion into (schools).

I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about issues like this doesn't have to be a lawyer and can read it and understand it.

Addressing governance issues are important because whichever silo you work in, be it education, microfinance, sanitation, food or health, you would eventually hit governance deficit.

I learned English, French, Italian.

I think it's important for children to know where their food comes from and how much work it takes to produce the items we eat in our home.

Education can become a self-fulfilling activity, liberating in and of itself.

There is no cost difference between incarceration and an Ivy League education; the main difference is curriculum.

Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.

It's just become such a business, getting into college. I see that a lot in my friends, their parents were so on top of them about getting into an Ivy League school since they were so young, they were just drilled and drilled and drilled, to the point that they just don't know why they want to go.

I don't come from an Ivy League school or anywhere else.

If you're a black woman at an Ivy League school, there is no free speech for me because they're already pissed that I'm there.

I didn't go to Ivy League schools. I dropped out of college to go into movies.

I had an excellent Ivy League education, and it gave me a long view of things.

I want my kids to graduate from high school. But that's not enough. I also want them to go to college. Why? Because rich people's kids go to college. And if that's good enough for them, it's good enough for my kids. Because you know what? College graduates don't tend to go to jail as frequently as nongraduates.

For our kids to go to school, they must be alive, and for adults to work, they must not be in jail.

It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration.

The jails are full of kids from kids' homes. You're 16 years old, and you're out on the street. How you going to fend for yourself at 16 if you've not had an education? You're going to turn to crime.