Education Quotes by Kinky Friedman

8 Education quotes by Kinky Friedman

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Kinky Friedman’s brief reflections on education blend satire with sharp social insight. In eight witty lines, he invites readers to consider learning through a lens of humor and critical thought.

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The teachers are getting screwed, blued, and tattooed by the system.

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This system is really broken. No Child Left Behind has really failed and the only way to solve education is to leave…

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The reason educational spending in Texas is so low is because you don't have a state tax there, and that's why Texas…

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Always beware of people offering you one-time money. That only works in an election year. How are you going to permanently pay…

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The good teachers are bailing out. Education is very important… This should be the centerpiece on the table of Texas.

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We're first on executions. We're 49th in funding public education. We're in a race with Mississippi for the bottom, and we're winning.

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Students don't know who Mark Twain was because he wasn't on the test.

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The child-teacher relationship is crucial.

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I believe that voices like Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader should be heard. They don't have to be president. Give 'em a chance.

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I don't believe in carrying a weapon. If somebody wants to shoot me, he'll have to bring his own gun.

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The system is not perfect. Until it's perfect, let's do away with the death penalty.

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That's the government. Having been a politician and a musician, I can tell you which one is a higher calling. If musicians ran the…

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I'm too young for Medicare and too old for women to care.

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I never apologize for the truth. And the truth here is that racists come in many different colors.

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God created whiskey to keep the Irish from taking over the world.

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I suffer from the curse of being multi-talented. There's no doubt about it. Politics and literature have gotten in the way of songwriting.

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The teachers are getting screwed, blued, and tattooed by the system.

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I want to be governor [of Texas] because I need the closet space.

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On the whole I prefer cats to women because cats seldom if ever use the word 'relationship'.

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My plan is to bring back like the Bracero Program from 1944 that ran for 20 years where the Mexican government vets these people.…

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I don't think I have even achieved fame. Of course, Hemingway says that fame is death's little sister.

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If you gotta kill two birds, might as well get stoned.

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People may surprise you with unexpected kindness. Dogs have a depth of loyalty that often we seem unworthy of. But the love of a…

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