Quotes About Education

The evidence that I see around me in society indicates that not only is thinking very much out of favor, but I'm not sure that the last couple of generations - Generation X and Generation Next, or whatever you want to call them - even know what a thought is, having been raised to be women.

Libraries raised me.

I've raised my daughter with no television.

North Carolina - our great state - means everything to me. I was born, raised, and educated here. I started and raised my own family here. And as Governor, I want to build a state where all North Carolinians are afforded the opportunities I've had.

I guess the most seminal moment going early way back was my father died when I was 3 years old. I was raised by my grandparents, and my mother went back and got a degree.

When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish education.

I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school.

A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat.

I was raised to be a very intelligent housewife.

I was never taught how to raise a child, because I wasn't raised properly.

People have to take control of their own lives. Education is key because it also raises other social indicators like healthcare.

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one.

I think children learn from example. I don't believe in raising them in an authoritative atmosphere.

The government needs to invest in raising digital fluency of its citizenry.

We got babies raising babies, and its important for us as responsible adults to go out and do what we can to make sure that our kids are steered in the right direction.

Breast cancer, whether I like it or not, is part of my family's story. That's why I am so passionate about raising awareness, because I have seen firsthand how it can impact others.

Liberals don't think parents can be left to their own devices when it comes to raising our children.

My father became completely responsible for my education and for raising me.

The French talk about education, the education of their children. They don't talk about raising kids. They talk about education. And that has nothing to do with school. It's this kind of broad description of how you raise children and what you teach them.

As far as I'm concerned, raising the bar or encouraging kids in large numbers to be interested in science, I can't think of anything I'd rather see happen.

I had a great family. Nobody ever told me that I should stop raising my hand in class or that I should become - as a girl, that I should somehow become less confident.

I'm committed to raising teacher pay and will fight to make significant progress every year until we get there.

When I go to speak at schools, I speak to mothers and fathers, because the way we are raising kids in our country is wrong.

I'm constantly trying to educate myself with new material on raising children as opposed to the rule book from 20 years ago.