Quotes About Education

You can't fix stupid.

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.

I made a deal that I would spend money on only one thing: getting smarter. I bought books. I would skip a meal and skip watching television, but I wouldn't skip an investment in my brain.

In the Social Democratic jargon of the time, the term 'propaganda' had connotations that were very different from those it later acquired. It did not mean simplistic messages used to bombard passive targets, but rather an intensive and wide-ranging education that was initiated by the workers. 'Propagandized worker' was therefore a title of honour, an indication of potential leader status.

A child is like a can opener, You can open their minds with knowledge

Dressed up sharply, Seyit kissed his mother's hand, stepped down the stairs and ventured forth to become a rich man. After he had left, Dirmit spread out her books on top of the sewing machine and started to study.

By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn.

Never give a child a sword.

If I had books, if I could scrape together an education, I'd have a future, whether any man ever asked me to marry him or not.

Lydia is an excellent student! She's a clever girl, only these teachers are such sticklers for having all papers and tests completed, and they leave no room for judging her by her own merit.

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.

Hey, 27. Way to skip HistCulture and almost die. Classy." "Yeah," I said, matching her nonchalant tone. "It was so much fun. You should try it sometime. Did the drone…?" "Leave yet? Yes. Did it mean to fly in our airspace? My opinion is no, which I'm writing up in this report that will most likely be ignored," Eva sighed.

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Ya se lo he dicho, por supuesto; pero quería agradecértelo de algún modo y, por otro lado, me parece que, si no tiene algo que limpiar, no sabe qué hacer con su tiempo. La han educado así.

The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.

We start learning the minute we're born, Laura. And if we're wise, we don't stop until the Lord calls us home.

Art teaches art.

Gjerji raises his hand. In English he says, "I like to tell in the words of a great American philosopher what freedom is." "Say it in your language to your peers," I urge. Gyerji makes his statement. The class grows silent and thoughtful; there is much nodding. Twain perhaps? Emerson? Diana sidles up and whispers in my ear. "He says to them that freedom is a word when nothing is anymore able to be losed." Janis Joplin, de-syntaxed.

Ignorance is not a capital crime. It is a correctable condition.

I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.

What was the point of giving children freedom to experiment and fail, if one then turned it all into a tiresome object lesson?

True, she never got a real M.B.A., but she had taken courses online and worked her way through list after list of so-called Great Books. She read the newspaper carefully. She was better informed on current events than almost anyone she knew. To have Sophie laugh at her, to throw her lack of formal education in her face— That