Quotes about Education

If we could follow the slogan that says,"Turn off the TV and open a good book" we would do something of substance for a future generation.

I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.

[Africa] is the one continent where you still have a lot more young people than old people. So making sure they're healthy, good nutrition, good education. That'll be important for the world.

We do not so much want books for good people, as books which will make bad ones better.

It is impossible to give a soldier a good education without making him a deserter. His natural foe is the government that drills him.

We've got to have good schools in every zip code.

I learned a lot of good things in my school. I've audited a lot of other schools, and I guess after a while I got a little tired of the acting school atmosphere.

I'm sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message to anybody. Everybody reads.

if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child.