Schools Quotes

1443 Schools quotes by 1061 unique authors

I'm a huge fan of music in schools and music education because that's how I grew up. — Kris Allen
Lesbianism is so rampant in some of the schools in southeast Oklahoma that they'll only let one girl go to the bathroom. Now think about… — Tom Coburn
If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their… — Susan B. Anthony
In all countries, in all centuries, the primary reason for government to set up schools is to undermine the politically weak by convincing their children… — Marshall Fritz
I, like almost all chemists I know, was also attracted by the smells and bangs that endowed chemistry with that slight but charismatic element of… — Unknown Author
My mother went to Radcliffe, and rather than just trying to get rich, she wanted to be a teacher and taught for over 30 years… — Ben Affleck
Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of curiosity and the suspension of… — Thomas A. Edison
Along with the fight to desegregate schools, we must desegregate the entire cultural statement of America, we must desegregate the minds of the American people… — John Oliver Killens
More money is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is… — Jonathan Kozol
Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools and colleges, government, politics, and… — A. Philip Randolph
Was putting a man on the moon actually easier than improving education in our public schools? — B.F. Skinner
Governments decide they know best and they're going to tell you what to do. The trouble is that education doesn't go on in the committee… — Ken Robinson
Work is the greatest means of education. To train children to work, to work systematically, to love work, and to put their brains into work,… — Francis Wayland Parker
Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having primary schools nearby that educate… — Carol Bellamy
From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to recognize that on… — Marcus Aurelius
If we use these common standards as the foundation for better schools, we can give all kids a robust curriculum taught by well prepared, well… — Randi Weingarten
To improve our schools, we have to humanize them and make education personal to every student and teacher in the system. Education is always about… — Ken Robinson
How I hated schools, and what a life of anxiety I lived there. I counted the hours to the end of every term, when I… — Winston Churchill
I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge. The wise instructor… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Schools will change more in the next 30 years than they have since the invention of the printed book. — Peter Drucker
The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by… — Benjamin Rush
The Bible, when not read in schools, is seldom read in any subsequent period of life...The Bible...should be read in our schools in preference to… — Benjamin Rush
Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art. — Oscar Wilde
If poverty is a disease that infects the entire community in the form of unemployment and violence, failing schools and broken homes, then we can't… — Barack Obama
For centuries the Bible's emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent outreach such as private charity,… — Ronald Reagan

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