Schools Quotes

1443 Schools quotes by 1061 unique authors

No individual and no generation has had enough personal experience to ignore the vast experience of the human race that is called history. Yet most… — Thomas Sowell
The disposition to continue to learn throughout life is perhaps one of the most important contributions that schools can make to an individual's development. — Elliot W. Eisner
The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of… — James S. Coleman
It would seem that not only is religion lacking in the schools - so is common sense. I wonder what a teacher is supposed to… — Ronald Reagan
[T]he schools, through reliance upon the spur of competition and the bestowing of special honors and prizes, only build up and strengthen the disposition that… — John Dewey
During climbs into taller trees, I was occasionally able to look down on the backs of birds, which shine with reflected sunlight as they move… — Richard Preston
In Acts 14:1, we are told, "At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a… — Douglas Wilson
Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback in their early… — Arne Duncan
What I fear from these reports is that the prevalent use of foul language has become an acceptable pattern in the schools, probably due in… — Gordon B. Hinckley
I've swum for my country, I've swum for my coaches and my schools and my teams. I decided this time I was going to swim… — Janet Evans
If you ask for good schools, you aren't likely to get them. If you ask for jobs or economic investment, you won't get that either.… — Michelle Alexander
I think that Jean Houston has broken through to a new understanding of the sense and uses of inward-turned contemplation-a n understanding that leaves the… — Joseph Campbell
Shouldn't schools be the place where students interact with interesting books? Shouldn't the faculty have an ongoing laser-like commitment to put good books in our… — Kelly Gallagher
I grew up in one of the biggest high schools in the world, and that's the Disney Channel. Everybody was falling in love with each… — Selena
We cannot blame the schools alone for the dismal decline in SAT verbal scores. When our kids come home from school do they pick up… — George W. Bush
Make sure the lubricant is unscented. Don't join fashionable 'schools of thought.' Read everything. — Zadie Smith
No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles,… — Henry James
If I had a child of school age, I would send him to one of the Waldorf Schools. — Saul Bellow
The best way to fight terrorism is not through guns. It's through pens, books, teachers and schools. — Malala Yousafzai
In truth, the legitimate contention is, not of one age or school of literary art against another, but of all successive schools alike, against the… — Walter Pater
The top priority is leaving no child behind. We want accountability in the system, and we want schools to recognize they have a responsibility to… — Andrew Card
There happened to be guitar classes at the college, and there was a guitar teacher there with whom I used to play. In addition, I… — Mark Knopfler
I attended schools in Seattle through the University of Washington, from which I was graduated in 1931. I spent the next year at Northwestern University. — George Stigler
A big part of the problem that we face today is that our children have been taught at schools that every idea is right, that… — Ed Royce
More ubiquitous mobile technologies have led to a significant shift from desktops and laptops to the use of mobile tablets. Australian schools are increasingly using… — Susan Mann

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