Quotes of: Higher-education Keyword

I would caution against fueling cheap populism. First of all, every German who has spent a vacation in Greece knows that the standard of living there isn't higher than it is in Germany. Second, Greece is paying a high price for European assistance.

Wolfgang Schauble

For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a n...

Gary Frank

There are so many aspects of the game that you can work on - you can drive it father, you can drive it straighter, you can hit your irons higher and more consistently, you can get better with your wedges, and you can always putt better. There's never...

Matt Kuchar

Union members not only earn higher median wages; they are more likely to have paid sick leave, short-term disability, and employer-provided child care. Giving people a voice at work - the ability to organize and negotiate for their fair share of the ...

Thomas Perez

WikiLeaks exposed corruption, war crimes, torture and cover-ups. It showed that we were lied to about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; that the U.S. military had deliberately hidden information about systematic torture and civilian casualties, which...

Jemima Khan

One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing ...

Walter Dean Myers

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.

On Education

Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

Harvey Fierstein

To educate the peasantry, three things are needed: schools, schools and schools.

Anna Karenina

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

Adaptability to change is itself a hallmark of successful education.

Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers

Education is a lifetime assignment & terminates when you do.

LIFE

Education is meaningless without manners

Piddly Poems for Children, v.2

Marriage can wait, education cannot.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

Clarence Thomas

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

John Buchan

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

John F. Kennedy

I'm of the school 'Write what you know.' You can educate yourself, but the best writing usually comes from the heart.

Terrence McNally

Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?'

Terry Pratchett

When you use your mind to grow yourself, education doesn't come into it.

Stephen Richards

The fingers must be educated, the thumb is born knowing.

Marc Chagall