Education Quotes
“Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost to society, for want of cultivation: while two parties have been idly contending who should bestow it.”
“Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.”
-- Mary Astell
“If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.”
-- William Glasser
“Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.”
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.”
-- Julian Bond
“It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical.”
-- Alan Perlis
“I went to drama school for four years at Carnegie Mellon, conservatory training before television comedy. I was doing Shakespeare and Chekov plays. It's about delivering on the promise of a $100,000 education and taking the shackles off and trying the hand at my craft. I'm thrilled with what I've seen so far.”
-- Josh Gad