Education Quotes · Page 429

Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion--a form of knowledge without the power of it.

— Joseph Addison

A revolutionary leadership must accordingly practice co-intentional education.

— Paulo Freire

We either get success or lessons. If we learn our lessons successfully, we get both.

— Anodea Judith

My gut reaction [on Betsy DeVos] was, oh, my God. We are now back into the education wars.

— Randi Weingarten

We as economic society are going to have to pay our whole population to go to school and pay it to stay…

— Anonymous

“Focus on winning people over and teaching (rather than winning arguments). Recognize”

— David Akadjian

The most important method of education always has consisted of that in which the pupil was urged to actual performance.

— Albert Einstein

The main insight learned from interdisciplinary studies is the return to specialization

— George Stigler

I'm not saying that all college students are subhuman - I'm just saying that if you aim to spend a few years…

— Lester Bangs

Failing to appropriately fund our schools creates more pressure on local communities who are forced to make up the state's shortfall by…

— Sara Gideon

Education always continues. We all know that beauty fades, but what stays is a person's personality, their sense of humor, their wit,…

— Stephanie Seymour

It's critical that children spend time before they arrive in school in a warm, attractive and inclusive environment, where they can learn…

— Michael Gove

I love teaching. I love working with kids... maybe some day I'll go back to the classroom. I'm not ready to say…

— Rick Riordan

Reading the word and learning how to write the word so one can later read it are preceded by learning how to…

— Paulo Freire

We need to focus on reducing property taxes. We need to focus on education funding. We need to focus on getting term…

— Bruce Rauner

I am most interested in the outcomes at schools and school districts and ensuring that all kids are prepared for college and…

— Michael Bennet

In 2006, the number of children in targeted school choice programs nationwide will reach six digits for the first time, representing a…

— Clint Bolick

“There was a centre to the religion: worship at the Jerusalem temple. Most Jews accepted the sacredness of the temple and the…

— Lester L. Grabbe

As a civil servant in charge of the government's Strategy Unit, I brought in many people from outside government, including academia and…

— Geoff Mulgan

“To those who say that we need weights and measures in order to enforce accountability in education, my response is, yes, of…

— Parker J. Palmer

The Ph.D. system was designed for a job in academics. And it works really well if you really want to be an…

— Freeman Dyson

“to type in a response, and then allowed subsequent readers to add additional comments. Literally hundreds of viewers read the draft and…

— Cathy N. Davidson

Knowledge of the Absolute depends upon no book, nor upon anything; it is absolute in itself. No amount of study will give…

— Swami Vivekananda

“Her statistics were more than a study... For her, Quetelet was the hero as scientist, and the presentation copy of his Physique…

— Karl Pearson

You know our education system has problems when Hallmark comes out with a new line of Easy-to-read graduation cards.

— James

She comes from the school of getting it out of your system, whereas he comes from the school of stewing over it.

— Melina Marchetta

The idea that education can ever be value-neutral is absurd.

— Mal Fletcher

I learnt German as well as English, so by the time I was three my parents has already decided I was a…

— Gyles Brandreth

“Those we love become our teachers whether we intend it or not.”

— Donna Goddard

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

— Winston Churchill

“Town-meetings are to liberty what primary schools are to science;”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Education, medical treatment, and work are the natural rights of every citizen in the world.”

— Alaa Al Aswany

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.

— Wole Soyinka

School seemed unimportant, since I learned so much more on my own.

— Shannon Tweed

I think the best learning takes place when you create an atmosphere of curiosity and excitement.

— Michael Rosen

The Catholic Church's teachings are authoritative. There is a moral absolute on abortion - that it is wrong.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

When education and resources are available to all without a price tag, there will be no limit to the human potential.

— Jacque Fresco

You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.

— Tom Petty

I am not here to teach martial arts, but to change people's lives!

— Carlos Machado

It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students.

— Edmond H. Fischer