Quotes About Education

I just really like learning. I have to keep using my brain; otherwise, I get depressed.

I don't know why there aren't more Depression buffs.

I believe Ofsted measures poverty. It measures deprivation. It doesn't measure excellence.

There are so many deaf kids out there being deprived of their own language.

I grew up in one of the most deprived parts of Britain. I know the problems which inner-city children face.

No child should be deprived the opportunity to excel.

I consider descending chromatic lines and arpeggiated chords basic skills learned by any student of the guitar.

My view, as one who taught it, is that the whole purpose of a literary education should be to tell people that these things exist. I don't think any teacher should try to 'teach an author,' but rather simply describe what the author has written. And this is what I tried to do.

When I used to try and describe what the Khan Academy was, I would tell people that if it were a for-profit, I would be on the cover of 'Forbes.'

Kids deserve arts, and it's just as important as science, math, history, English or athletics.

All children everywhere deserve the opportunity that is unlocked for them by education.

There is nothing wrong with students demanding free education, and, in fact, it is something that our children deserve.

Teachers deserve more respect than many give them, and more opportunities than the system affords them today.

Every child, and every person, deserves a chance to make something of themselves.

Every kid in our state deserves an opportunity for success.

The Schwarzman Scholars is a program that was designed with Tsinghua University. They asked me to do something in honor of their 100th anniversary.

Comprehensive schools, as too few understand, have never been designed to improve education.

I feel like design school might ruin people, particularly if you're a menswear designer, as there's not much focus on business.

There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different.

I'm a great fan of Bloomingdale's, and I'm a very loyal alumni of Parsons. I think what they do, what they've done, is amazing. They've educated some of the best American designers.

The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments, that I do not desire the company of the majority of the senior class of Vassar.

I have always been a reader. I was one of those kids desperate to learn. I would read anything.

I was a terrible student. When I went to Sidwell Friends, there were 100 kids in my class. I was the worst student, by far. But I had a few teachers who, despite all that, believed in me.

Technology will eventually destroy the way schools are run now.