Education Quote by Richard Rodriguez

“I pursued education not instead of being a good mother, but because being a good mother required that I build a better life for…

— Wendy Davis

“Secondly, I continued my education in a more important way, through the observation of everyone around me, because nothing is more important to learn…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“People talk to you a great deal about your education, but some good, sacred memory, preserved from childhood, is perhaps the best education.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Sometimes, the way around prejudice is education.”

— Liza Mundy

“My grandmother wanted me to have an education, so she kept me out of school.”

— Margaret Mead

“I had been very grown-up when I was in primary school. But as I continued through secondary-school, I in fact became less grown-up. And…

— Hiroki Kawakami

“For the first time in living memory, current generations of young people today are likely to be no better educated than their parents.”

— Derek Bok

“Maybe when you were a kid you were so unsure of yourself that every school year was a time of reinvention; maybe only adults…

— Anna Quindlen

“School and home seem to recede from us and their influences upon us seemed to wane.”

— James Joyce

“Segregation shaped me; education liberated me.”

— Maya Angelou

“I realized that my mother had not taught us the tribal language because she knew her children would not be strong enough to carry…

— Sherman Alexie

“Whatever happens to us, was a useful education.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita