An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style. – Alan K. Simpson
Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two. – Chuck Berry
To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education – literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills. – Alan Greenspan
It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death. – Christy Turlington
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life. – Brigham Young
Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators. – Amos Bronson Alcott
Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy. – Anne Sullivan
I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science. – Brian Greene
My feeling about growing up in New Jersey was, ‘How come I’m not in New York?’ That being said, I’m older and I have a better worldview now, and so I think I grew up in an incredibly privileged position. The town I grew up in is beautiful. I got a great education, and I’m very grateful for it. – Anne Hathaway
A girl child who is even a little bit educated is more conscious of family planning, health care and, in turn, her children’s own education. – Azim Premji
I would say everything in our life in the next 25 years is going to be tied into the Internet, and it’s going to be the place for communications, for education, for conducting business and everything. – Bob Parsons
Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. – Bobby Scott
I love games. I honestly can’t imagine working with any other medium. I guess it would be akin to an artist who’s doing commercial art and then goes into education, but it really frees you up to do all other kinds of creative stuff. – Brenda Brathwaite
I was a teacher most of my life, which I loved. I had a very happy working life, and when I retired, I thought I must do something, and I’ve always read a lot of fiction – you learn so much from fiction. My sentimental education came mostly from fiction, I should say, so I thought I’d try. – Anita Brookner
I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman’s right to choose, a good public education system. – Barbara Boxer
You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That’s an education in itself. – Carol Burnett
I have seen the transformative effect that education has in the lives of young women and their communities. – Ann Cotton
No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy. – Brad Henry
For 300 years, higher education was not disruptable because there was no technological core. – Clayton M. Christensen
I went to a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and it almost killed me. I was all set to be a diplomat, teacher, doctor – all laid out. – Bunker Roy
‘m just going to be a good friend to my kid. One thing I definitely want to change is that whole ‘I don’t want you to make the same mistakes’ mentality. My dad didn’t have much money growing up; he didn’t have much of an education. He forced that on me, and I didn’t want it. – Channing Tatum
I’m very interested in working with nonprofits, people in education, medicine, people who are doing things to improve the world and who don’t have the money to come to Siegel+Gale for help. – Alan Siegel
My father was placid and easygoing. He owned a small shoe store where I helped out on Saturdays. I think he’d have been pleased if I’d made a career of working in the shoe store. But my mother was ambitious. She encouraged us to read books, and she pushed us toward a musical education. – Alan W. Livingston
I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil War. – Anson Mount
The important thing about mobile is, everybody has a computer in their pocket. The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible. – Ben Horowitz
Listen, if the mayor wants to have a debate about education in this city, I got three words: bring it on. – Anthony Weiner
If you go and talk to most people, they mean well but they don’t have much of a breadth on education, of knowledge of understanding what the real issues are and therefore they listen to pundits on television who tell them what they are supposed to think and they keep repeating that until pretty soon they say, ‘Oh, well that must be true.’ – Ben Carson
Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society. – Barbra Streisand