Quotes About Education

My father was actually a chemist. He got a degree in chemistry from Stanford.

Being at Stanford really opens your eyes to the world that's out there.

I went to Stanford.

I got my masters in social sciences and education at Stanford, and initially - this is back in 2002 or 2003 when I graduated - I wanted to move to D.C. and work on education reform, specifically with No Child Left Behind.

I had a lot of college debt. It's very difficult to go to a university that is as expensive as Stanford and then blindly follow your passions when they don't immediately make money out of the gate.

I went to classes on writing for film and theatre as well as short stories at Stanford.

I think it's really important that the anti-bullying messages get into schools and become a staple in every school.

I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.

In many places where coffee is grown, deforestation is a major issue. With Starbucks' position in the marketplace and the respect and relationships we have, we can - and have, in some cases - been able to educate and influence people.

Man, I hated school. I'd stare at the buttons on the teacher's shirt the whole class.

I don't mind if adults stare. They should really know about my physical situation.

I knew what I wanted to do when I was 13 and I had to go through four years of high school to get out. That's a blessing, because I never had to lay on my bed staring up at the ceiling going, 'What am I going to do with my life?'

To me there is no more depressing sight than a five-year-old staring at a screen, unsmiling, mouse in hand. Besides whatever dreadful things this prolonged exposure to screens is doing to their brains, computer games tend to be solitary affairs, and produce little laughter.

There's a nastiness to conversations about U.S. education reform, which are characterized by the kind of stark taking-of-sides that's usually reserved for debates over guns or abortion rights.

I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.

My father and Mary Pickford were the reigning stars of not just Hollywood but of the world. Well, to bear my father's name was hard enough, but to work in pictures to boot was pretty foolhardy. In fact, my father was totally against it. He thought I should be off getting a good education and go into some safe profession.

To solve math problems, you need to know the basic mathematics before you can start applying it.

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

Electronics are getting more and more accessible now - you don't have to be an engineer to start building things.

I have learnt many things, but there's more to learn. Every day is a new start.

Maths is like a ladder - if you miss the first few rungs, you can't jump up, so start with the basics.

When I tell a child something the first time, I'm nice. The 15th time, I start to get aggravated.

One of society's thorniest problems is that children from poor families start school lagging badly behind their more affluent classmates in readiness.

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.