Quotes About Education

In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.

If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don't know how to read, you don't know how to decide. That's the great thing about our country – we're a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way.

And you know, life is a constant learning experience. I learn so much with my kids. I read tons of books and study what they're studying.

If we study learning as a data science, we can reverse engineer the human brain and tailor learning techniques to maximize the chances of student success. This is the biggest revolution that could happen in education, turning it into a data-driven science, and not such a medieval set of rumors professors tend to carry on.

If the government can afford luxury travel for its cabinet officials, then surely we can find the resources to invest in quality education, jobs skills training, and properly fund the State Department and foreign aid programs.

There are thousands of inspirational stories waiting to be told about young women who yearn for a great education. They are stories of struggle and stories of success, and they will inspire others to take action and work to change lives.

An education is not so much about making a living as making a person.

We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others – people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education.

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.

Learning in our family was entirely self-directed.

When I was in the ninth grade, I had a teacher in Dallas, Texas, named Elizabeth Enlow in English class. Every Friday, we had to write a little essay, and you had to incorporate three particular words into the story. That was the sole direction. And to me, this was so much fun.

"No wonder the teacher knows so much; she has the book."

My school was so tough the school newspaper had an obituary column.

Mommy, do you know what the Italian Renaissance is? It's naked people.

When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.'

"In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson."

"I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the einsteinconditions in which they can learn."

"What we learn with pleasure we never forget."

"Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher."

In your thirst for knowledge, be sure not to drown in all the information.

All knowledge is connected to all other knowledge. The fun is in making the connections.

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

There is no wealth like knowledge, and no poverty like ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.