School is something that you learn – reading and writing. Education is what you learn from the family, from the environment, from the community. – Bunker Roy
Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education… no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. – Abraham Flexner
It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you’re producing goods, training staff and generating revenues? – Adam Braun
In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education. – Camille Paglia
During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive. – Anita Hill
The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don’t necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination. – Bill Rancic
When my mother had four girls, and she could tell her marriage was falling apart, she went back to college and got her degree in music and education. – Andie MacDowell
Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People don’t always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history. – Caroline Kennedy
In many ways, education is a lousy business. Teachers are not normal economic actors; almost all of them work for less money than they might fetch in some other industry, given their skills and advanced degrees. – Andrew Ross Sorkin
I was educated by monks – I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic. – Antony Gormley
Clearly, Mayor Bloomberg did some things right. I think he did a very good job on public health. He did a very good job on environment. I think he was right to achieve mayoral control of education. I don’t think he then applied it the right way. – Bill de Blasio
It is very important that our young people have constructive early work experiences. But it is equally important that their jobs are safe and complement their education, rather than complete it. – Alexis Herman
When the students are occupied, they’re not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment. – Arlen Specter
I think universities are trying to figure out how we could use what we know about learning to change our education system, but it is sort of funny that they don’t necessarily seem to be consulting the people who are sitting right there on campus. – Alison Gopnik
Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education. – Anne Campbell
My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education. – Abraham A. Ribicoff
I’d had a French education for three years, my father being in the army. From 9 to 12, I went to French school. I’ve been sort of part of the culture, part of the geography, since I was quite young – the imprint was there. – Charlotte Rampling
Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity? – Cesar Chavez
I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it’s a better education overall. – Chuck Schumer
In the long run, your human capital is your main base of competition. Your leading indicator of where you’re going to be 20 years from now is how well you’re doing in your education system. – Bill Gates
Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs. – Bobby Scott
Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you’re flying high at first, but it won’t take long before you feel the impact. – Barack Obama
Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future. – Carol Bellamy
