Quotes About Education

Pharaoh has also heard your words regarding the unaccompanied admission of females to this sacred space of the Serapeum, and in his divine wisdom refuses this argument, for women must be instructed by the more developed minds of men to ensure they do not wrongly interpret the riches that the Library offers.

His divine wisdom can kiss my common arse. We blind and hobble half of the world through such ignorance, and I will not have it. Women shall study at the Serapeum as they might be inclined. Let him execute me if he wishes, but I have seen enough of minds wasted in this world. I have a daughter. My daughter will learn.

he began to realize how much he had to learn about how different the world was from the theory of it.

Tota est scientia.

Library rules the world, son.

Library rules the world, son. Best to have a seat at the table

Homeschooling is still a thing, isn't it?" And it would have been an easy answer, too. I'd considered it seriously, many times, but the paperwork took ages, and until recently we'd always been on the move. Besides, I want my kids to be socialized. To be part of the normal world.

even the required Smart Librarian glasses.

Your education or your life, Claire. I'd rather you be alive and a little bit dumber.

It is more important to pave the way for the child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts he is not ready to assimilate.

A dynamic female zoology professor expanded her intellectual horizons by urging her to take the daring step of majoring in biology rather than English. In doing so, Carson discovered that science not only engaged her mind but gave her "something to write about.

It is more important to pave the way for the child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts he is not ready to assimilate." — Rachel Carson, A sense of wonder

The institution that had the greatest effect on Berenson's education was the Boston public library, the first in the country that allowed people to take books home to read them.

the Handbook of Economics series (which has volumes on agriculture, development, education, labor, and many other sectors), the Annual Review of Economics, and the Journal of Economic Perspectives are all good sources for reviews

I ram my phone back in my pocket and reread the same page in Hamlet for the thirteenth time. I still don't see how this is supposed to be English. I have no clue what these people are saying.

Do not consider then, however learned you are, that your knowledge is complete. For learning is the river of G-d and we drink of it throughout our lives.

You're a student?" John flushed as though the question were both compliment and accusation. "I was. Or am." He shook his head. "That is, I will be again, if I'm to have my say in the matter.

To study with an able mind is to escape prison, for a time.

I believe the only lesson Thomas took from Oxford was that he detested schooling.

Read the newspaper, Aaron's father liked to say, you'll grow to be an educated man.

Ignorance is now your great enemy, and I do none any favor by flattering you that you are not ignorant.

With such a complicated and crucial part of a child's education in jeopardy, there are many forces at work -- a sort of conspiracy of mediocrity that denies children the chance to develop a love of reading and become good readers. It is a pattern that involves our system, parents, teachers, and sometimes even librarians.

Those who celebrate failure will not be around to help today's students celebrate their jobs flipping burgers.

Those who celebrate failure will not be around to help today's students celebrate their jobs flipping burgers...Someone has to tell children if they are behind, and lay out a plan of attack to help them catch up.