Quotes about Education

There was a time, not so long ago, when the stupid and uneducated aspired to be thought intelligent and cultured people doing their best to feign stupidity.

THE SECOND DECISION FOR SUCCESS: I will seek wisdom.

How you think is massively influenced and largely determined by what you read, hear, and watch.

It's obvious you kids are smart-school and good teachers will do that for you-but wisdom is something altogether different. Wisdom can be gathered in your downtime. Wisdom that can change the very course of your life will come from the people you are around, the books you read, and the things you listen to or watch on radio or television.

A church is an incubator, a nursery, a grade school. You start where people are and move them to where they need to be.

It wasn't until sixth grade, at P.S. 168, when my teacher took us on a field trip to her house that I realized we were poor. I have no idea what my teacher's intentions were - whether she was trying to inspire us or if she actually thought visiting her Manhattan brownstone with her view of Central Park qualified as a school trip.

What I call my 'self' now is hardly a person at all. It's mainly a meeting place for various natural forces, desires, and fears, etcetera, some of which come from my ancestors, and some from my education, some perhaps from devils. The self you were really intended to be is something that lives not from nature but from God.

Film school was a privilege I could not afford.

A university is supposed to be a place where all ideas are discussed.

I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits.

For 300 years, higher education was not disruptable because there was no technological core.

Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students.