Education Quotes by Pete Seeger

10 Education quotes by Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger’s verses on learning carry the same rhythm as his music—simple, heartfelt, and aimed at the common person. These ten lines remind us that education can be a shared, uplifting experience.

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Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.

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Anybody who wants to learn everything is pretty stupid. You learn what you can.

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Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't

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Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.

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When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn?

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I came along and was a teenager in the Depression, and nobody had jobs. So I went out hitchhiking, when I met…

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Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get…

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It's been my belief that learning how to do something in your hometown is the most important thing.

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“Education is what you get when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.”

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And the people in the houses All went to the University And they got put in boxes Little boxes all the same,…

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When you play the 12-string guitar, you spend half your life tuning the instrument and the other half playing it out of tune.

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Folks out in the country couldn't afford to pay for anybody else to make music. They had to make their own. So the peasantry…

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If there's something wrong, speak up!

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This world is so full of hypocrisy, the only way you can be honest is to be a hermit.

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