Learning is not compulsory; it's voluntary... But to survive, we must learn. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
I was first introduced to Kafka's writing during my compulsory army-service basic training. During that period, Kafka's fiction felt hyperrealistic. — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Spiritually, compulsory disarmament has made us unmanly, and the presence of an alien army of occupation, employed with deadly effect to crush… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Corruption never has been compulsory; when the cities lie at the monster's feet there are left the mountains. — Robinson Jeffers Copy Share Image
Kids don't know the language of figure skating. If you ask them to do a compulsory figure, they don't know how to,… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
In response to a question concerning China's policy of compulsory abortion after the first child, Molly Yard responded, "I consider the Chinese… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
Those who first introduced compulsory education into American life knew exactly why children should go to school and learn to read: to… — Dorothy H Cohen Copy Share Image
Labor came to humanity with the fall from grace and was at best a penitential sacrifice enabling purity through humiliation. Laborwas toil,… — Shoshana Zuboff Copy Share Image
America's public schools have served their purpose. Free and compulsory education was good for a somewhat unpromising young nation. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
that strictly(and how)scienti fic land of supernod where freedom is compulsory and only man is god. — e. e. cummings Copy Share Image
“You have two options to choose from as an aspiring achiever; either you become excellent or you become excellent! Mediocrity is never… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Being wealthy is often a powerful predictor that people spend less time doing pleasurable things and more time doing compulsory things and… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
The school is a political prize of the highest importance. It cannot be deprived of its political character as long as it… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Continued adherence to a policy of compulsory education is utterly incompatible with efforts to establish lasting peace. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Compulsory sports for those who by temperament or physique do not qualify may be a disaster. . . . The repercussions may… — John Money Copy Share Image
Worldwide travel is not compulsory. Great minds have been fostered entirely by staying close to home. Moses never got further than the… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a… — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
Since we replaced the compulsory military draft with an all-volunteer force in 1973, our nation has been making decisions about wars without… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
Voluntary paid maternity leave: yes; compulsory paid maternity leave: over this Government’s dead body, frankly. It just won’t happen. — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
We have been taught (that is, schooled) in this country to think of 'success' as synonymous with, or at least dependent upon,… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
I did not know that 'poetess' was an insult, and that I myself would some day be called one. I did not… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the… — Plato Copy Share Image
