Education Quotes (18224 Quotes)

We've had the same attitude all year long We're not overly concerned about the standings. Our focus is on learning and getting better and doing the right things. Obviously, it's frustrating not playing our best hockey.

Coaching in college was fun because you travel so much, but my family and friends are here and it's good to move back.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

Well, sir, learn to jest in good time;
there's a time for all things.

I really didn't think I was going to like it, that it was only for girls. I was shocked by its sense of observation and its careful study. It felt very modern and very fresh.

The result of the intense orientation toward those English tests is that some schools that have or are near Native American communities are tending to drop native language programs because they feel they don't have the time or resources.

Reading history is good for all of us, he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his rationale is a fresh, somewhat bracing thought If you know history, you know that there is no such thing as a self-made man or self-made woman. We are shaped by people we have never met. Yes, reading history will make you a better citizen and more appreciative of the law, and of freedom, and of how the economy works or doesn't work, but it is also an immense pleasurethe way art is, or music is, or poetry is. And it's never stale.

Why does life keep teaching me lessons I have no desire to learn.

I thought the university came through very well, ... I think the comedy is a joke on Tommy and not a joke on the university.

I got out of college and I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State. I was working as an actor at the Actor's Workshop, being abused as a intern.

I don't think we should be locked into the idea that it has to be a school. Unless the district needs it, I think we should look at the other options and not be locked into that idea. A computer facility, a public meeting area right in the middle of town could be great.

The Supreme Court is having a hard time integrating schools. What chance do I have to integrate audiences?

The children need to have representation in their schools. You're forgetting about black children, trying to find loopholes. I'm not a lawyer, but I know what's right and wrong. If it was the other way around, you'd be fussing.

We couldn't pass up an opportunity to play a program like LSU. They have so much history and tradition and respect in the SEC, and as a program won a national title a couple years ago and finished fifth last season. They have been one of the premiere programs in all of college football of this decade. We are looking forward to the trip to Death Valley, where it is difficult to win. We are looking forward to that challenge.

All true educators since the time of Socrates and Plato have agreed that the primary object of education is the attainment of inner harmony, or, to put it into more up-to-date language, the integration of the personality. Without such an integration learning is no more than a collection of scraps, and the accumulation of knowledge becomes a danger to mental health.

My mother has been a teacher for 30 years, so this need really hits close to home with me,

I think it's imprecise at best. It's basically a bunch of college students out here.

The Justice Department is going to review the decision, they're studying it now. The president has been informed. The president is going to have further discussions and will await Justice Department review and study.

Wisconsin Democrats are focused on making life more affordable for our middle-class families, so they can pay for their health care, have a good-paying job and send their kids to college. Whether it is our schools, health care, jobs, energy costs, or the ongoing war in Iraq, one thing is clear When it comes to these priorities, Democrats are on the side of Wisconsin families.

I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had.

College is a be-all, end-all you make more money if you get a college degree. There's not a level playing field. In Paterson, we didn't have textbooks, but then I moved up here and there's five computers in every classroom.

I knew that he had great numbers in college. Still, it's a tough assessment when you look at those numbers and then project what players will do when they get to this level. Jesse has been nothing but a pleasant surprise for us. Particularly, he's been driving the net for us, which we hadn't had.

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.

Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others.

I am happy. I want to become a nurse after college and help people, like the ones that helped me.

Hopefully once we get this thing going the way it should be going it will replicate itself elsewhere throughout the university.

As the generation of Holocaust survivors and liberators dwindles, the torch of remembrance, of bearing witness, and of education must continue forward.

Their generosity exemplifies the commitment our faculty and staff have to helping our students succeed. These Trustee Matching Scholarships will help students who may otherwise not be able to attend college.

This was the wisdom of a woman with little education. It gave me carte blanche in a house with no books.

In college, the fans cheer the whole game, from start to finish. In the NBA it's really laid back.

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.

If we don't get down on him and show confidence in him, he's going to learn. It's going to take a little while, and he's going to get some runs back with his bat.

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur.

I think the membership is proud of the golf course and the condition it is in and is interested in seeing how the college kids are going to fare on what we consider to be a pretty challenging course.

I like when my man is worldly, knows the finer things in life, is well traveled, educated. It's important to me that he's able to talk to all types of people, from doctors to dishwashers.

It is clear that teaching and learning is transforming these small schools, and it's time to turn up the heat on rigor, relevance and relationships inside the classrooms. This year's Leadership Institute is designed to be a catalyst for future growth for the small schools to ensure all students achieve success.

Financial literacy is an issue that should command our attention because many Americans are not adequately organizing finances for their education, healthcare and retirement.

Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly learned, but may be little knowing.

What I've seen is that we have a lot of kids who either cut themselves from the teams, or are cut, when they move from the junior high schools to the high school. Because the high school doesn't have any freshman or sophomore teams. So that's one of the things we're trying to work out.

I've got to just relax until Thursday and get everything back in shape, and take the positives out of this week. They say you learn more from your losses than from your wins. And I've got a lot from this week to learn.

I used to go to these classical music shows at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, and see all these string players. I don't understand why they don't continue to do that for kids, teach them music appreciation.

After you get gypped one time, you learn.

Education is the art of making man ethical.

It is so sad when you see something like this, especially this early in the morning and kids are on their way to school, the first day of spring.

Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning.

If we're willing to grade 5- or 6-year-old children, we ought to be willing to grade the schools that they propose to perform for those children.

As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher.

I know schools are doing a lot of things to double-check. It's actually much more time-intensive than even we thought it would be. It takes a lot of time to go through every course and match it up to cumulative records. If you do it right, you want to check every aspect.

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.