A beloved student of mine told me she believed the earth was approximately 6,000 years old. She was smart, she was thoughtful,… — Lauren Grodstein Copy Share Image
Back when I taught middle school and wrote adult mysteries, my students often asked me why I wasn't writing for kids. I… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Choosing education is a very good decision, not only good for the student, but also for our country. The United States was… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
I got a job as the Visuals Art's Teacher at my Alma Mata, St. Mary's College. Then my interests shifted to animation.… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Without there being some national strategy, it is difficult for educators to know what kinds of engineers or technicians to produce and… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Just like a house is worth whatever a bank's going to lend against it, an education is worth whatever the bank is… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
I was a solid C student because I was doing so many plays. I was a drama nerd, but I was also… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
You start out with Mad magazine, and you go right through the sort of black humor of Lenny Bruce, Lord Buckley, Mort… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
[Students] are also accustomed to having quick access to information. The idea of "storing" data in their heads can seem pointless. I… — Carol Ann Tomlinson Copy Share Image
No matter how sheltered [my students] are, no matter how their parents try to do right by them, every single one of… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
We're looking to have the ability to come in and be able to capitalize on the marketing in order to grow the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had something called the back of the chair test. Where I sit, we don't sit like you and I do. I… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
I proceeded to prove everybody right as to how bad an economics student I was by failing as an assistant manager in… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
Long-term travel isn’t about being a college student; it’s about being a student of daily life. Long-term travel isn’t an act of… — Rolf Potts Copy Share Image
The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is… — H. Rap Brown Copy Share Image
If you say you want to automate cars and save people's lives, the skills you need for that aren't taught in any… — Larry Page Copy Share Image
Some poems take two to three years to finish. Rarely, a poem will arrive whole. It's nice when that happens. However, process… — Cate Marvin Copy Share Image
Remember that in most cases, student loan debt is not dischargeable in bankruptcy. So you continue to pay it off anyway. Those… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
I think we should stop asking people in their 20s what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Along with a dozen other students I had dissected a human cadaver and sorted its contents by size, color, function, and weight.… — Robert Charles Wilson Copy Share Image
I remember vividly one distinct memory of arriving in Hong Kong and being the only blonde haired girl in this sea of… — Adelaide Clemens Copy Share Image
Conversations I have had with school principals and students lead me to the same conclusion-that...there is an evil and growing habit of… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Emile Zola was a poor student at his school at Aix. We are all so different largely because we all have different… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
The assumption of all education is that learning will be directed toward constructive ends and I'm convinced that colleges should support students… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
If you can get a teen leader in each sector of a student population, you can pull people in. Everybody wants to… — Andrew Shue Copy Share Image
For too long, our society has shrugged off bullying by labeling it a 'rite of passage' and by asking students to simply… — Linda Sanchez Copy Share Image
I travel a lot with my students. We go on the road and even learn about things like doing your laundry and… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
We weren't straight-A students. We didn't start playing until we were teenagers, and we started playing rock and roll and punk rock… — Ketch Secor Copy Share Image
The one difference I have noted is that it's made me more tender to my students and to young people particularly. It's… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
Escuela Caribe preyed upon parents' fears of secular culture to recruit students. Parents could send their kids to a place where they'd… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
I'm always amazed how many politicians have a very unlikely story, and when I talk to groups of students, I remind them… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
I love to teach, especially high school-aged students, because I like introducing them to the absolute basics of everything they're ever going… — Josh Cooke Copy Share Image
The era of appeasement must come to an end. The political and social demands that dissidents are making of the universities do… — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
There are two men in Tolstoy. He is a mystic and he is also a realist. He is addicted to the practice… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
LeBron james came, and he gets $10 million a year. There was no stigma or blemish, like you have with one-and-done. Now… — Sonny Vaccaro Copy Share Image
I promise my students that if they take the time to figure out their life purpose, they'll look back on it as… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Results show that just one year of chess tuition will improve a student's learning abilities, concentration, application, sense of logic, self-discipline, respect,… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
[Students for a Democratic Society] was on many campuses and it was a powerful organization. It was founded by Tom Hayden, who… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
The whole student loan thing drives me completely nuts. If it wasn't possible for 18-year-olds to sign themselves up for tens of… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not… — Donna Shalala Copy Share Image