Education Quotes
“If you go and talk to most people, they mean well but they don't have much of a breadth on education, of knowledge of understanding what the real issues are and therefore they listen to pundits on television who tell them what they are supposed to think and they keep repeating that until pretty soon they say, 'Oh, well that must be true.'”
“Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.”
-- Solomon Ortiz
“The Tories and the Lib Dems talk about social mobility, but, short of winning the lottery, the only way to guarantee young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to do better and to raise aspirations is through education.”
-- Lucy Powell
“Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.”
-- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
“The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences.”
-- Pierre Bourdieu
“Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.”
-- Angela Davis
“I'm not only a lawyer, I have a post doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I work in serious scholarship and work in the United States federal tax court. My husband and I raised five kids. We've raised 23 foster children. We've applied ourselves to education reform. We started a charter school for at-risk kids.”
-- Michele Bachmann