Education Quote by Rebecca Harrington

“ Aristippus said: That those that studied particular sciences, and neglected philosophy, were like Penelope's wooers, that made love to the waiting women. ”

— Francis Bacon

“Not for her the cruel, delicate luxury of choice, the indolent, cat-and-mouse pastimes of the hearth-rug. No Penelope she; she must hunt in the…

— Evelyn Waugh

“I was ignorant at first of bookish subjects, but in his atmosphere, if one were no student, and didn't even try to keep up,…

— Gene Stratton-Porter

“The class went all right, and the ones after became easier. I was enthusiastic, naive and idealistic, and I was in love with my…

— Azar Nafisi

“She knew she was staring far too long — she should now be averting her gaze, lest someone start to suspect her. Yet she…

— Charlotte Anne Hamilton

Unraveling the web of Penelope.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Learning became her. She loved the smell of the book from the shelves, the type on the pages, the sense that the world was…

— Robert Goolrick

“This memory was both happy and sad: happy because it was so pleasant, and sad because it made Penelope think about how much she…

— Maryrose Wood

“presumed that the reader was as fascinated by her life as she was - which was a deadly mistake. The other deadly mistakes she…

— Charles Bukowski

“...there was an impatience in her tone, almost an accusation, as she added that academics were not intellectuals; they were not curious, they built…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“It had always fascinated her - what happens when things break down, what are the basic units of life?”

— Tatjana Soli

“The books are hard. But the more she asked, the more the children gave. And, though they never saw her, there were thousands who…

— Parents' National Education Union