Education Quotes
“Competitiveness is really what it costs you per man-hour to get you what you want. In other words, there's an education level that plays into the mix and so if it's inexpensive to buy an hour of real good education in places like China versus the U.S., that factors in.”
“There are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This low literacy negatively impacts not just their lives but also their families' and the country's economic development. A girl's lack of education also has a negative impact on the health and well-being of her children.”
-- Sachin Tendulkar
“The American education system couldn't be more badly directed or poorly funded if the Secretary of Education were Ed Wood.”
-- Dennis Miller
“It begins and ends with money. It's absurd in this day and age when we need so much money for education, health, for people, that a $100 million dollars can be spent on a film. It's obscene.”
-- Kathleen Turner
“If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.”
-- Maynard James Keenan
“I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.”
-- Clay Aiken
“I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.”
-- Mikhail Baryshnikov