“Knowledge is not obtained through being absorbed in a book, it comes when you brush aside fantasies and sensuality, switching from the… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Like so many of his successors in the language-crank world today, though, (Jonathan) Swift not only loathes (the) banal and common change… — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket:… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The worst of which he could be accused during his teaching career is that he made far too great a distinction between… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Indeed the general natural Tendency of Reading good History, must be, to fix in the Minds of Youth deep Impressions of the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“There are lots of things that never go by rule, There’s a powerful pile o’ knowledge That you never get at college,… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
Ah! If nations could only agree to employ their resources to perfect agriculture and improve transportation, and to bring all their girl… — Rosa Bonheur Copy Share Image
I agree with the (Supreme Court's) holding that racial discrimination in higher education admissions will be illegal in 25 years. They are… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
Music education can help spark a child's imagination or ignite a lifetime of passion. When you provide a child with new worlds… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
We must be strong at home if we are going to be strong abroad. We understand that. So we want to be… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Perhaps there lives some dreamy boy, untaught In schools, some graduate of the field or street, Who shall become a master of… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts and budget choices that… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Definition of lecture: An art of transmitting Information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of students without passing through… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
I am not fully informed of the practices at Harvard, but there is one from which we shall certainly vary, although it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Dr. James Milgram, an actual mathematician from Stanford University who was on the original Common Core math committee in the summer of… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“I started out studying literature, but soon discovered that science was where I actually belonged. The contrast made it all the clearer:… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
“Reading old Gray? That's right. Physician's library just three books: 'Gray's Anatomy' and Bible and Shakespeare. Study. You may become great doctor.” — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
This is our greatest challenge: learning to live in a crowded and interconnected world that is creating unprecedented pressures on human society… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
“The essence of education is not to get a certificate or job but, to be a holistically developed person who can positively… — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
Peace, to have meaning for many who have only known suffering in both peace and war, must be translated into bread or… — Ralph Bunche Copy Share Image
The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching escalated times of learning and energy, is… — Diane Cilento Copy Share Image
Winning a place at a top university should be decided solely by a student's hard work and ability, not by what they… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
As for my own truncated secondary education, my head was in the clouds as my mom would say, or if you asked… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together [a meeting of believers] each of you has a psalm, has a teaching,… — Hilton Sutton Copy Share Image
Teachers who offer you the ultimate answers do not possess the ultimate answers, for if they did, they would know that the… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Often parents themselves will not have liked education and may not have done well in education. But actually we need to explain… — Nicky Morgan Copy Share Image
The school has the function of coordinating within the disposition of each individual the diverse influences of the various social environments into… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“Robert de Balsac, ended a study on warfare with the remark that “most important of all, success in war depends on having… — David Christian Copy Share Image
“When we talk about homeschooling today, we're amazed at how many people agree that they didn't learn much in school, that school… — Linda Dobson Copy Share Image
“Before schools turned into indoctrination centers. Used to be, universities encouraged kids to think for themselves. Now they’re socialist echo chambers.” — William Miller Copy Share Image
“A Fairy must make her own way in the world, for the world will never make way for her. That, incidentally, is… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
You always learn something about movies. Directing or acting, there's always something new. It's the technological thing; there's always something to learn. — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
We must learn to be honest with ourselves, and know our shortcomings. We will acquire cohesion but we will pay dearly for… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
There's a lot of pressure to chitchat with the audience. But when they're in school, people don't want to get up in… — Hope Sandoval Copy Share Image
“Last year, millions of students didn’t graduate from high school. They didn’t drop out, they were simply in elementary and middle schools.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
If you're entering your first year of higher education, then you also need to prepare for an extreme lifestyle change. Your mom's… — Sean Evans Copy Share Image
“I never think of him as a scholar assaulting me with how much he knows, but as a teacher eager to share… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
We learn as much by others' failings as by their teachings. Examples of imperfection is just as useful for achieving perfection as… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
“It is up to the school more than anything else to work against barbarism. ... By barbarism, I do not mean the Beatles.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image