Friendship Quote by James G. Stavridis

Personally I discovered that you could go through the academy as a young scholar, come out, and almost immediately have an impact on the…

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there…

— Georg Solti

The preparation I had in college was the most valuable.

— Hayden Fry

I taught in the Academy from the opening of the schools until I was turned out, a period much longer than I should have…

— Thomas Eakins

I learned how important it is to lead and be decisive and to, in a way, empower other people to do their best.

— Anna Wintour

For me specifically, it was important to graduate. In my family, I was one of the first graduates. My mom did not have a…

— Brian Acton

Being a teacher was very important to me.

— Karine Jean-Pierre

I think this is so important - what's not done well at education at every level - is helping kids find, as I discovered…

— Charles Koch

School is very important; it was very important for me. It gave me an enormous amount of confidence, especially at Yale where we were…

— Enrico Colantoni

I always, always had that value instilled in me by my parents that education was key and education was the most important because that's…

— Jalen Ramsey

In my family, education was always important.

— Tessa Virtue

The important thing is the educational experience itself — how to survive it.

— Donald Barthelme