Education Quotes

There are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This low literacy negatively impacts not just their lives but also their families' and the country's economic development. A girl's lack of education also has a negative impact on the health and w...

Sachin Tendulkar

Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry.

Scott Turow

At the end of the day, the true value proposition of education is employment.

Sebastian Thrun

I really believe that we have to work hard to make online education better and better, and eventually it's going to be really great. But like most of these things, it takes time to improve, to understand and to make things really good.

Sebastian Thrun

We need to make education so much fun that students can't help but learn.

Sebastian Thrun

I care about education for everyone, not just the elite.

Sebastian Thrun

Online education that leaves almost everybody behind except for highly motivated students, to me, can't be a viable path to education.

Sebastian Thrun

Access to high-quality education is way too limited. The United States has the world's most admirable higher education system, and yet it is very restrictive. It's so hard to get into. I never got into it as a student.

Sebastian Thrun

Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of quality, infrastructure and dropout rates. We have islands of excellence floating in a sea of me...

Shashi Tharoor

There was a time when bright people had few prospects for higher education and good jobs here. But that is changing. India is no longer seen as an undesirable place to work or pursue research.

Shashi Tharoor

I think few people of education enter politics because it seems like a contact blood sport.

Sherry Turkle

I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire a good education and follow in his footsteps.

Sigrid Undset

I scored a 910 on my SAT. I didn't care about education. I don't know what I cared about.

Skeet Ulrich

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.

Stephen Vizinczey

In education, they say either property taxes have to go up, or we'll have poor education - that's a false choice.

Scott Walker

We really shouldn't be running education like a supermarket where you compare prices.

Shirley Williams

I don't have any contempt for the men who have to have jobs and have to commute and have to pay the mortgage and have to get their kids an education. To me, that's the backbone of America, to coin a phrase.

Sloan Wilson

No matter what your political persuasion, you can find a guide that makes it quick, easy and painless to exercise your right to vote. Wanna know what a certain proposition put forth by a cadre of undisclosed billionaires which cuts funding for public...

Steven Weber

I have always respected education, which is why I actually went back secretly and taught school for eight years.

Steve Wozniak

I felt like I've needed to ask my parents up until about four years ago about everything. They have helped me tremendously, I came out of college with no debt. Everything they made, they just poured into my education.

Steven Yeun

I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind.

Sarah Zettel