Schools Quotes · Page 9

“schools-how we teach, where we teach, who we teach, who teaches, who administers, and who services-have changed mostly around the edges.”

— Cathy N. Davidson

The time has come to end the deadly experiment of disarming peaceable, law-abiding citizens near schools.

— Steve Stockman

Outreach appearances in the schools are usually part of my contracts, and I love doing them.

— Danielle de Niese

So, I see technology as a Trojan Horse: It looks like a wonderful thing, but they are going to regret introducing it…

— Daniel Greenberg

Our nation's oldest sin and deepest crime is the isolation of minority children - black children, in particular - in schools that…

— Jonathan Kozol

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you…

— Horace Mann

In the schools of small Midwestern towns, the only aristocracies are of beauty, intelligence, and athletic prowess.

— Ellen Gilchrist

We need candidate schools to recruit more young African-Americans to run for office and more diverse law enforcement communities.

— Claire McCaskill

We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood whether they have kids in them or not, because…

— Thomas Friedman

There's a specificity of language that's required in Shakespeare that most drama students in England deal with - a specificity of language…

— James Avery

At one of my old schools, I didn't tell anyone I was doing my first album because I was worried they'd be…

— Dionne Bromfield

I'm experimenting in public. At the design grad schools, these are people sitting around in groups, putting their work on a wall,…

— David Carson

Before I got through high school I had attended 22 different schools. In the time before I was well acquainted with the…

— Marc Davis

When I talk about the city, I talk about a city that elevates people, which is the strength of New York. We…

— Sal Albanese

Our political establishment refuses to use the word 'segregated.' They call the schools diverse, which means half black, half Hispanic, and maybe…

— Jonathan Kozol

You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need…

— Dave Eggers

We were the first urban school system in the country to wire all of our schools for the Internet.

— Thomas Menino

I picked Harvard because it was in a big city, and a lot of girls' schools were nearby. And I liked President…

— Jack Canfield

While I was growing up all over, in all my different schools, I was always doing theater, auditioning for plays.

— Hannah Simone

I did attend Catholic schools up to the ninth grade, and I admire much in the Catholic Church.

— Matthew Scully

As we segregate by income into different communities, schools in lower-income areas have fewer resources than ever.

— Robert Reich

Mexico needs schools, rural development, and an independent judiciary, not high-tech weaponry.

— Stephen Kinzer

We are fortunate to live an area that is blessed with outstanding schools and educators. We are proud of the quality of…

— Kenny Marchant

Childrens ambitions in school are often a glass ceiling, an obstacle to what they can accomplish.

— Alastair Arnott

The idea there were kids out there who didn't love to read and write just as much as I did struck me.…

— Adora Svitak

As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.

— Jack Markell

Most other schools train no-gi part time, or maybe even half the time. We train no-gi all the time.

— Eddie Bravo

Women have to be very vigilant, and demand the very best in public schools, health care and pay, those things that men…

— Bev Perdue

If you want a good education, go to private schools. If you can't afford it, tough luck. You can go to the…

— Paul LePage

I'd like to keep our kids in their schools. I'd like to keep our young men and women in jobs.

— Andrew Forrest

I saw first-hand that all schools are not created equal, and the students shouldn't have to go without all of the materials…

— Charles Best

I went through so many phases because I moved schools a lot. I grew up primarily in Connecticut, but also here in…

— Mamie Gummer

In many of the high schools in the South Bronx, more children will end up in prison than will go to college.

— Jonathan Kozol

Most business schools are geared toward churning out investment bankers and management consultants.

— Vivek Wadhwa

I think that most people would associate big schools of fish with healthy coral reefs. At Kingman, the predators keep the herd…

— Brian Skerry

I've focused on making sure we have talented teachers and principals in our schools through proposals like the GREAT Teachers and Principals…

— Michael Bennet

I didn't go to school much. I was thrown out of different schools, and my university is the street.

— Philippe Petit

Schools serving disadvantaged students need more time to help these students catch up and gain the core academic skills they will need…

— Chris Gabrieli

My time at the Denver Public Schools taught me there is no harder, or more important, job than being a teacher.

— Michael Bennet

My schools were quite diverse - those who serve their country come from every race and religion - and so the military…

— Marcia Gay Harden