Education Quotes · Page 450

I absolutely welcome a full investigation into the for-profit schools because I think a majority of them are predatory.

— Tammy Duckworth

I can think of a lot of better things to do besides studying...

— Anonymous

But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.

— Polly Toynbee

Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.

— Confucius

Colleges [have] forfeited the responsibilities of in loco parentis and have gone into the pimping and brothel business.

— Vigen Guroian

There are not enough philanthropic dollars in America to fund what is currently the need in education.

— Betsy DeVos

There is only one way to learn. It's through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.

— Paulo Coelho

All Dogs dont go to Heaven cause most of them Die in the Junk Yard!

— Milliton MUNNEY

I'm sure I am impatient sometimes. I sure do get angry sometimes. I think it's outrageous how hard it is to get…

— Marian Wright Edelman

“Anyone who thinks about it can see that for human beings the teaching and following of morality is something necessary.”

— Philippa Foot

“Yet SIOP, without advancing any explanation, puts “language objectives” on a par with “content objectives” and teaches both explicitly.”

— James Crawford

I like university professors, but you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They're just…

— Ken Robinson

If students get a sound education in the history, social effects and psychological biases of technology, they may grow to be adults…

— Neil Postman

The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely…

— John Engler

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and…

— Carter G. Woodson

Man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he…

— Thomas Jefferson

I wanted to race cars. I didn't like school, and all I wanted to do was work on cars. But right before…

— George Lucas

“Believing this country to be a political and not a religious organisation ... the editor of the NATIONAL CITIZEN will use all…

— Matilda Joslyn Gage

I guess nobody assumes anybody is a libertarian. It's a more complex political discussion than most people are used to, to explain…

— Dave Barry

As they were building that library in that school's gym [in the Breakfast Club], they built a rehearsal space for us. It…

— Judd Nelson

In other words, unlike some people with new theories, we will go out, we'll go into a school and we get products…

— Robert Sternberg

The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or…

— Adam Smith

“Of all of society's institutions, education has brought us to the current state of poor relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples; but…

— Murray Sinclair

Educators who have said, "We don't like that, so we'll continue to teach as if it's not happening," are just aggravating the…

— Seymour Papert

It is important to engage students by focussing at what they wanted to do, rather than forcing them to do something.

— Sonam Wangchuk

“He who doesn't see the essence of books shall surely be ruled by those who find and value the real essence of…

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I learnt in life what to do besides learning what not to do.

— Shatrughan Sinha

“Perhaps I may gain more knowledge out of the folly of this madman than I shall from the teaching of the most…

— Bram Stoker

The lack of facts holds you back. The odds are stacked against a weak mind.

— Kool Moe Dee

I'm grateful to have the trust and support of the Kentucky Education Association.

— Andy Beshear

It's strange how few of the world's great problems are solved by people who remember their algebra.

— Herbert V. Prochnow

Knowledge and the study of God's Word is voided by the folding of unwilling hands.

— Joshua Roman

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

— Michael Porter

If you are living a successful life. Don't forget. You owe a part of it to your teacher?

— Anonymous

“An education is not properly an industry, and its proper use is not to serve industries.”

— Wendell Berry

The only people who seem to have nothing to do with the education of the children are the parents.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Education means inspiring someone's mind, not just filling their head.”

— Katie Lusk

People with a lot of theological study and no prayer life are dangerous... and not in a good way.

— Mark Hart

“When this was over, he'd have time to teach her the truth. He was always crazy when it came to her.”

— Kit Rocha

Being educated means to prefer the best not only to the worst but to the second best.

— William Lyon Phelps