Education Quotes · Page 554

He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride…

— Benjamin Franklin

It's shortsighted not to view the education of a future generation of Americans as a priority for all Americans.

— Mel Martinez

We have to learn how to work within the limits that are possible, not what is desirable.

— Roberto Azevedo

Children are sent to school to be civilized, to learn to be part of the social enterprise.

— Robert Fulghum

Through the ages all great men have taught truth and happiness can't be bought.

— Stevie Wonder

I think we all need to learn to live the lives we've got and not mourn the ones we don't.

— Adam Pearson

. . when the initial excitement of playing starts to evaporate, good habits are needed to sustain the learning process.

— Howard Snell

Business and action strengthen the brain, but too much study weakens it.

— Henry George Bohn

Now it is established in the sciences that no knowledge is acquired save through the study of its causes and beginnings, if…

— Avicenna

Teachers often make the mistake of thinking they're the boss of the class; they're not. The boss of the class is sitting…

— Philip Pullman

Education provides you a profession. But not vocation. You do it only because you need to work to earn money to buy…

— Satish Kumar

And that's it; that's why I want to teach; that's the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the…

— Bel Kaufman

I wouldn't wish any specific thing for any specific person - it's none of my business. But the idea that a four-year…

— Mike Rowe

It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors…

— Julien Benda

“He was scrupulous about the use of his title because, his investigations being so utterly unscientific, he hoped to borrow an air…

— Shirley Jackson

By the early seventeenth century, a new consensus began to arise: the idea that man was born incompetent for society and remained…

— Ivan Illich

“You said to get involved with people, that I can’t learn about connections in a vacuum.” I agreed. “So what’s not working?”…

— Henry Cloud

A timely, interesting, educational approach to today's wine picture. Wine still makes a feast out of a meal, but in times of…

— Margrit Mondavi

Colleges and universities, for all the benefits they bring, accomplish far less for their students than they should. Many students graduate without…

— Derek Bok

In my opinion instruction is very purposeless for such individuals who do no want merely to collect a mass of knowledge, but…

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

When I was energy and climate change secretary I sat around a cabinet table with Gove, and he couldn't help playing to…

— Ed Davey

What I do feel the modern child lacks, when compared with the earlier generation, is concentration, and the sheer dogged grit to…

— Miss Read

“It could be said that a liberal education has the nature of a bequest, in that it looks upon the student as…

— Wendell Berry

By fully committing to our public education system and engaging holistically from cradle to career, we can guarantee that all of our…

— Stacey Abrams

“When the ears of the student are ready to hear, then cometh lips to fill them with Wisdom." —”

— Three Initiates

Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.

— Tomie dePaola

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

— Novalis

I always learn something from every actor I've ever worked with. I always pick something from them.

— Sam Huntington

My father's saying, The harder you work, the luckier you get.

— Fiona Wood

Another culture can be learned in the classroom for a single term, but it can be felt from a person for a…

— Chelsea Sexton

Sometimes discipline, which means "to teach," is confused with criticism.

— Susan W. Tanner

If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.

— Martin Luther

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

— James Anthony Froude

I don't care how somebody gets their education, as long as they have one.

— Ronee Blakley

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.

— Ida B. Wells

A good play can teach so much about culture. One can also improvise a lot with the medium and use it to…

— Himani Shivpuri

Coming from a smaller school, you kind of have a chip on your shoulder, so to speak.

— Carson Wentz

I think if education was celebrated in pop culture, we'd live in a better place.

— Cote de Pablo

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.

— Patricia Schroeder