Education Quotes
“What the mayors care about is, 'How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we put people back to work, lower the unemployment rate, provide for job training programs? How do we make class sizes smaller and make investments in our children from an education standpoint?'”
“Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.”
-- Kofi Annan
“The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.”
-- Bob Riley
“I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society.”
-- Lech Walesa
“Iran is not a make-believe country. It is a real country populated by some 75 million people - real people including, I daresay, a majority who are philosophically and by education inclined toward the modern, secular world, and particularly American values.”
-- Bob Barr
“In Mexico, theater is very underground, so if you're a theater actor it's very difficult to make a living. But it's also a very beautiful pathway to knowledge and to an open education.”
-- Gael Garcia Bernal
“My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training programs - in other words, offer an adult education in social and emotional intelligence.”
-- Daniel Goleman