Quotes About Education

Without the threat of death, it wouldn't have been much of a lesson," said Dr. Gaul. "What happened in the arena? That's humanity undressed. The tributes. And you, too. How quickly civilization disappears. All your fine manners, education, family background, everything you pride yourself on, stripped away in the blink of an eye, revealing everything you actually are. A boy with a club who beats another boy to death. That's mankind in its natural state.

Michael Collins, who laid the groundwork for this series with his deep commitment to educating his children on war and peace,

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.

American high school students trail teenagers from 14 European and Asian countries in reading, math and science. We're even trailing France.

The lopsided attitudes of college professors pose a serious challenge to learning because students are so susceptible to becoming lopsided sheep.

Of course, all knowledge is useful. But not all knowledge is worth the cost.

They didn't seem to be learning anything about Shakespeare and, moreover, they were probably actively damaging relationships around the world.

our society should do whatever is necessary to make sure that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed."74 Education generally is viewed as a "key ingredient in equality of opportunity

The most problematic among this latter group have earned the reputation of being "drop-out factories" because while they enroll many low income students, so few graduate; approximately thirty nonprofits have abysmal graduation rates of 20 percent or lower.

Katherine Anne Dugan had long ago realized that being pretty helped her to be a better librarian, actually stimulating interest in learning and reading. (from The Loveliest Librarian)

According to a 2007 report from the National Bureau of Economic Research, "As women have gained more freedom, more education, and more power, they have become less happy."13

It's better to do nothing with your money than something you don't understand.

We never had it as rough as the kids have it today. Look at the price of a gallon of gas or a piece of real estate or a college education.

Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and I'm going to turn on the lights.

The most important loan to pay is your student loan. It's more important than your mortgage, car and credit card payments. You cannot discharge student loan debt in the majority of cases.

If you wait until your children are high school seniors to spring it on them that there's not a whole lot of money for school, they won't have too many options.

Retirement saving must take precedence over paying for college.

Establish the work-pay-purchase connection. As far as I am concerned there is no age too young to start learning that money must be earned to buy the things your family needs.

Never pay for good behavior or good grades. You do not reward a child for meeting your expectations.

a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing!

anyone who listens can learn!

He stayed carefully away from the profs, he ran the data they gave him without allowing any of it to register in his memory—that's what you have computers for, so you don't have to put stuff in your own memory—and that was all he did.

The man armed with knowledge has a better chance of survival than the man who is simply the fittest. Knowledge is the true strength. Muscle is where the myth is.

A man who never asks himself any questions had better not try asking others. In the centre of his being a teacher should have a sense of justice and a great capacity for dejection. Teachers in a place like this, where education is taken seriously, should always bear in mind that they are the central problem, that we would provide the students with a liberal education if we merely gave them the privilege of looking on while we educated ourselves