Quotes About Education

He recoiled at the cowardice and selfishness he saw rampant in the New York legislature. "The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people," he told Morris. "In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly." Increasingly Hamilton despaired of pure democracy, of politicians simply catering to the popular will, and favored educated leaders who would enlighten the people and exercise their own judgment.

Grant worded his message to remove any suspicion that he spoke for a particular religious denomination. Also buried in his statement was a courageous, farsighted plea for free, universal education for black children. The laconic Grant's crusade for public education was a unique event in his presidency, the result of a riveting speech that had forced an issue on the national consciousness through powerful oratory.

There is no virtue [in] America. That commerce which preside[d over] the birth and education of these states has [fitted] their inhabitants for the chain and . . . the only condition they sincerely desire is that it may be a golden one.

Instead of making isolated gifts, Rockefeller wanted to finance institutions whose research would have a pervasive influence.

Hamilton probably spent little more than two years at King's and never formally graduated due to the outbreak of the Revolution. By April 6, 1776, King's College, tarred by its earlier association with Myles Cooper, was commandeered by patriot forces and put to use as a military hospital.

Whenever they met, they stayed away from money talk and spoke of educational policy.

By 1910, medicine and education had emerged as the top priorities of the Rockefeller philanthropies

Of the 155 schools, only 23 required more than a high-school education.

I never felt the need of scientific knowledge, have never felt it. A young man who wants to succeed in business does not require chemistry or physics. He can always hire scientists.

The sum total of these developments resulted in nothing less than a revolution in medical education.

I find I already thirst for knowledge about the business.

Never a great believer in book learning, Bill probably derided a college degree as a costly indulgence at a time when people didn't equate it with enhanced income.

Each of his children had been matched to a black scholarship student whose education was paid for by the family

Aware of the rich children spoiled by their parents, Senior seized every opportunity to teach his son the value of money.

It was on a meteorologically challenged November night that Frankenstein infused the spark of being into the creature and saw its dull yellow eye open. Breathless horror filled Frankenstein's heart as a vision of the next twenty years flashed through his mind. There would be responsibilities--schooling, education, clothing--and he was a lone parent!

Five hundred years of science have liberated humanity from the shackles of enforced ignorance.

one of the dumbest academic decisions ever made (and that is a tough list to top), Maxwell was unceremoniously laid off.

children will be able to tell than the story we have told? Surely that is the greatest contribution of science to civilization: to ensure that the greatest books are not those of the past, but of the future.

Socratic, they call it in college. All kinds of back and forth, designed to elicit truths implicitly known by all rational beings.

The Darkling Halls of Ivy, I

And training has a purpose. It takes people who aren't necessarily very smart and it makes them seem smart by beating some basic tactical awareness into them. Until it becomes instinctive.

I said, "I don't need no education.

Night School

Pre-natal care, perinatal care, post-natal care, pediatrics, nutrition, education, orthodontics, vacations, college, postgrad, a fiancé, the whole nine yards. Her assembly line had worked just fine.