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I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.

Dean Kamen

Inventor · American · b. 1951

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.

William Glasser

Psychologist · American

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.

Harry S. Truman

President · American · 1884 – 1972

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.

Sydney J. Harris

Journalist · American · 1917 – 1986

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?

Erich Fromm

Psychologist · American · 1900 – 1980

Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either.

Marshall McLuhan

Sociologist · Canadian · 1911 – 1980

Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.

Ed Markey

Politician · American · b. 1946

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

Lee Iacocca

Businessman · American · b. 1924

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world.

Steve Case

Businessman · American · b. 1958

Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations.

Ron Lewis

Politician · American · b. 1946

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

H. G. Wells

Author · English · 1866 – 1946

The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.

Chaka Fattah

Politician · American · b. 1956

Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has left it unfunded.

Sidney Blumenthal

Journalist · American · b. 1948

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.

Edsger Dijkstra

Scientist · Dutch · 1930 – 2002

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

Albert Einstein

Physicist · German · 1879 – 1955

Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but that's how it is.

William P. Leahy

Educator · American

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Gertrude Stein

Author · American · 1874 – 1946

Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman.

Pearl S. Buck

Novelist · American · 1892 – 1973

Enhancing revenues will help us improve education and solve our infrastructure problems.

Roy Barnes

Politician · American · b. 1948

Economic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

Politician · American · b. 1960

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

Bill Gates

Businessman · American · b. 1955

But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.

Polly Toynbee

Journalist · English · b. 1946

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

Mark Twain

Author · American · 1835 – 1910

As a Member of Congress, I've continued my family's tradition of focusing on education.

Mark Kennedy

Politician · American · b. 1957

The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.

Bob Riley

Politician · American

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

Anatole France

Novelist · French · 1844 – 1924

Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.

Horace Mann

Educator · American · 1796 – 1859

Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.

Julian Bond

Activist · American · b. 1940

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.

Solomon Ortiz

Politician · American · b. 1937

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Benjamin Franklin

Politician · American · 1706 – 1790

Few things are more important to each individual's future success or to our nation's prosperity than education.

Mark Kennedy

Politician · American · b. 1957

Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

Lyndon B. Johnson

President · American · 1908 – 1973

As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.

Sue Kelly

Politician · American · b. 1936

Education exposes young people to a broader world, a world full of opportunity and hope.

Christine Gregoire

Politician · American · b. 1947

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

Plato

Philosopher · Greek

Don't let schooling interfere with your education.

Mark Twain

Author · American · 1835 – 1910

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

Mark Twain

Author · American · 1835 – 1910

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

Marian Wright Edelman

Activist · American · b. 1939

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

Stephen Ambrose

Historian · American · 1936 – 2002

To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Activist · American · 1815 – 1902

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

Napoleon Hill

Writer · American · 1883 – 1970

The real solution is to improve the incomes of the poor and provide their children with decent education.

Carol Bellamy

Educator · American · b. 1942

The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education.

John Conyers

Politician · American · b. 1929

Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.

Joseph E. Stiglitz

Economist · American · b. 1943

So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Politician · b. 1939

To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education.

William Glasser

Psychologist · American

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Horace

Poet · Roman

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

Henry B. Adams

Historian · 1838 – 1918

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