“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.”