Education Quotes
“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.”
“We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens.”
-- Sandra Day O'Connor
“Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities - that's training or instruction - but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed.”
-- Thomas Moore
“If you take any world problem, any issue on the planet, the solution to that problem certainly includes education. In education, the roadblock is the laptop.”
-- Nicholas Negroponte
“The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education.”
-- John Conyers
“I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories.”
-- Ray Bradbury