Quotes tagged with 'education'

Some drink deeply from the well of knowledge, others just rinse and spit.
—Robert Anthony education life

Shortly, the public will be unable to reason or think for themselves. They'll only be able to parrot the information they've been given on the previous night's news.
—Zbigniew Brzeziński education government life

Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they don't know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.
—William Haley education life

Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
—Thomas Jefferson education life

One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people's motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans-anything except reason.
—Thomas Sowell conspiracy education government

The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.
—Alexandra K. Trenfor education life

I was educated once - it took me years to get over it.
—Mark Twain education life

Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.
—William Butler Yeats education