Quotes about Education

Put simply, what I'd like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everybody's who is willing to work for it.

I was really lucky because I went to an all-girl school, and that single-sex education really helped me because I really learned to bond with women and to not compete with or compare myself as much because we were all allowed to be ourselves and be unique and kind of have our unique strengths.

I went to a school run by Catholic nuns. They were really strict.

It's important for parents to be strict if you want the kids to succeed.

With an orchestra you are building citizens, better citizens for the community.

We're not going to outgrow our need for information.

Men and women of character raise strong children who are not easily influenced by the media, corrupt schools, bad friends, and the outside world.

What is a child? Ignorance. What is a child? Want of instruction.

We don't need to be taught to lie, or to be selfish or cruel or vindictive—we need to be taught how not to.

The SSN Institute will be expanded in areas such as liberal arts, social sciences, natural sciences, communications.

I've never believed the charter movement was exclusively for socially and economically disadvantaged kids.

When we see something as a problem, we have to try and solve it and the best way is generally through education.