We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in.

For me, education was power.

The best teacher is very interactive.

I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need.

That’s correct, I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn’t write.

When you walk into my classroom, I’m going to give it to you straight, just like in the real world, because that’s the only way to prepare you for the real world.

The method of instruction in Scouting is that of creating in the boy the desire to learn for himself.

Every citizen has the real right to receive general education and professional training at no cost, something that the United States has not been able to ensure for all its inhabitants.

Look, the American people are smart.

Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility.

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.

Information is not knowledge.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Experience is the teacher of all things.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

‚Educational‘ refers to the process, not the object. Although, come to think of it, some of my teachers could easily have been replaced by a cheeseburger.

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.

Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem.

I believe that God’s dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don’t mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you’re planted. But I don’t have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.

How do you know what it’s like to be stupid if you’ve never been smart?

If a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

Teachers are expected to be teachers, psychiatrists, nurses, sociologists, psychologists, surrogate moms or dads, as the case may be.

I did go to Wellesley, a women’s college. And I am of a kind of strange generation which is transitional in terms of women who wanted to go out and get jobs.

Harvard makes mistakes too, you know. Kissinger taught there.

I go to school the youth to learn the future.

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.

When I first stopped going to high school, I was about 15, 16. It had to be, like, 2000, 2001.

Education commences at the mother’s knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

Creationists make it sound as though a ‚theory‘ is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion.

I think that all people who feel that there is injustice in the world anywhere should learn as much of it as they can bear. That is our duty.

What troubles me most about my lovely country is that its children are seldom taught that American freedom will vanish, if, when they grow up, and in the exercise of their duties as citizens, they insist that our courts and policemen and prisons be guided by divine or natural law.

I need physics more than friends.

The narrow bandwidth of TV has made us think that we are stupider than we are.

Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.

Me not finishing school – in my head, I still have this insecurity when I’m talking to someone educated.

I’m grateful to intelligent people. That doesn’t mean educated. That doesn’t mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call ‚mother wit‘ means intelligence that you had in your mother’s womb. That’s what you rely on. You know what’s right to do.

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.

Most Africans don’t get to see these wild animals at all. Once they see and learn about them, they are much more likely to become involved in protecting the environment.

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

The highest grade I’ve taught is the 11th grade, and the youngest I’ve taught is the 4th grade.

I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

I think it’s a myth that American public or any other public is so stupid that they need to be constantly pricked.

It doesn’t take long to become aware of the presence of the CIA in Laos.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

I want a president who will teach our children that everyone in this country matters, a president who truly believes in the vision that our Founders put forth all those years ago that we are all created equal, each a beloved part of the great American story.

I hope that people around the world will be as inspired as I am to step up and to speak out on behalf of girls around the world who struggle to go to school.