“Everybody agrees that whatever the solutions are to the big problems, they... can never be without some element of education.”

“When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.”

“Our solution on 'The Simpsons' is to do jokes that people who have an education, or some frame of reference, can get. And for the ones who don't, it doesn't matter, because we have Homer banging his head and saying, 'D'oh!'”

“No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.”

“Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that he suffers one tragedy and one setback after another, through sheer force of will, he becomes something extraordinary: not only the president but the person who almost single-handedly united the country.”

“My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.”

“With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education.”

“Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way, and I've been watching this for a longtime.”

“Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage.”

“I have a greater goal - to empower young people through music education.”

“It is only the ignorant who despise education.”

“Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology.”

“By education most have been misled So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.”

“Heart and head are the constituent parts of character temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved.”

“A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at its best, looks at America from the vantage point of the least of these and asks what's best for all.”

“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.”

“I've never been a big believer in formal education.”

“Research has shown time and time again that infants who receive the high-quality child care and early education programs do better in school, have more developed social skills, and display fewer behavior problems.”

“Unless we make education a priority, an entire generation of Americans could miss out on the American dream.”

“Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.”

“As a Member of Congress, I've continued my family's tradition of focusing on education.”