Education Quotes (18224 Quotes)

I've taught Sunday school, I've sung in the choir, I directed a choir.

I had no idea what I was going to do when they threw me out of school.

Rwanda's health issues are severe, but there is a willingness to learn. This program addresses and does research in the area of AIDS and disseminates it throughout Rwanda and Africa.

If this boy passes the examinations he will be admitted and if the while students choose to withdraw, all the income of the college will be devoted to his education.

In the cover two, cornerbacks squat at seven or eight yards, but the rules now say you have to hit them within five yards, ... You just have to be more conscious of when you hit them. You always teach, 'Hit them at five yards and carry them for a while. Find out how far they're going to let you carry them. Let them call it, and then we'll worry about it, you know what I mean' You have to find out what the parameters are going to be. This year, early at least, the parameters are going to be five yards. They're going to strictly enforce it.

We think this just lends to the idea that education is a community activity.

One of my sensory problems was hearing sensitivity, where certain loud noises, such as a school bell, hurt my ears. It sounded like a dentist drill going through my ears.

By keeping my hand in that, it's the way I keep learning. The main way you learn in medicine is by practicing and working with patients.

I opted to finish school, and she offered me a job. The rest is history, as I spent nearly 18 years, or half my life, with her.

The credit goes to (Russellville) for making it happen. It's a learning experience for us, and hopefully we can use the learning experience for later down the road.

As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us.

I did a series of classes in psychology (at the institute), ... The students that came to that class had children. And over a period of a few years, they decided they wanted a nursery school, a play group (to watch over their children while they were studying). So in one of the garages that was near where we were having the classes, we established a play group area and the students volunteered to supervise. That eventually led to building a state-licensed nursery school, which was approved by the California department of social welfare.

When everyone is gunning for you, you must be doing something right. Athletics is one aspect that everyone in the school and community seems to rally around and take pride in.

Every day, we get concerned about the age of the school buses in this county. You've got to keep in mind that they're built as buses to start with, and they carry young people who may not treat them as if they were their very own, so to have these buses running 13 or 14 years ... is not the best way to do business.

I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting on your ass does to your face.

I just don't understand it. These are seniors. How can they compete on the ACT and SAT when they haven't had a teacher

The purpose of our study was to provide a scientific basis for the ethical debate.

I miss reading . . . how I'm situated, you can't read, you just can't, it's not conducive to reading.

Last year, we had a pilot program in three schools. We really are so happy with it, we decided to invest in it. We take the protection of our children seriously.

All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners... Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing... not moving toward excellence.

That really woke me up you just can't relax on anything, because anything can happen to anyone. Coach Holtz has put more of a restriction on us, and during the season he really doesn't want us going downtown. When you come to college, where people know you, you don't know people aren't going to say anything, so you have to be careful what you do, and you always have to know that somebody's watching you.

By 4 a.m., after no word came that they had missed the flight, school superintendent David Black chartered two buses to take relatives and friends on the four and a half hour trip to New York's Kennedy Airport. They were booked on that flight, ... It's a monumental tragedy.

At my public school I had hated every other face for fear the owner was a lord, at university, I was to court the rich while doubting whether there should be great inequalities between incomes.

By their next meeting, we want to see real change -- not just pocket change -- for the 100 million poor children out of school.

We've had one of our best seasons in a number of years. It's a positive development for the boys' basketball program and for the school.

Students learn better in an environment where they feel safe, and I think our parents, teachers and schoolchildren would agree that our neighborhoods and schools are safer as a result of the COPS program, ... I am pleased that Mountain Home will be receiv

The mother explained it to a teacher at the school who didn't know these were gang colours, ... The kids were being recruited through their colours.

Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual.

It was a real neighborhood school. I mean, we used to call it the Irish Catholic ghetto. And there is nothing ghetto about it, because as we realize now, we lived a very upper middle class lifestyle.

When I was in college I was accused of being a goody two-shoes. But every goody two-shoes has a bad side.

We need innovation in education and dedication to the task before us.

The reason we started the program was because we found out there were kids going home over the weekend without food to eat. They come back Monday morning hungry and not ready to learn, sleeping on their desks and having some discipline problems. We want t

We were a little (ticked) off. We let it slip, and that is one thing you can't do when you're up against a team like this and you have them down 2-0. You have to bury them, but they didn't quit. We have to take that, learn from it, and move on.

As the innocent infant relies upon the mother for sustenance, so the innocent wanderer, following his native compassion and bliss, relies upon the natural intelligence of life to sustain him. There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha, the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning, the Way of healing as a doctor, as a poet teaching the Way of Waka, tea, archery, and many arts and skills. Each man practices as he feels inclined.

I'm very concerned personally. I have some friends at the University of Southern Mississippi and I understand it's gone,

The pre-season helped me a whole lot as far as the speed of the game. It's way quicker and faster. You might catch one or two guys that's real fast in college compared to these guys out here.

I'm still working on my pass routes, ... I never had to do it to this extent. In college it was a dump-off here or there. It's more intriguing here. I'm more comfortable in my blitz pickup. I feel I can block just about anyone and I'm not intimidated by any defender. I just look at it as a challenge, one on one.

That's up to Theo and Tito. It's hard for me to say after only seeing him in one outing. Obviously he has ability and there's a reason why he's here. There's a reason why he had the kind of success in college. There's a reason we made the level of commitment that we made to him. He's going to be a good major-league pitcher. When that happens, I honestly don't know.

That's why we play (those) tough games in December so that we can get better and learn. Learn to see where our weaknesses are and make the adjustments now, in December, January, so we're ready to go come February.

I was raised in Hollywood and knew, from as early as grammar school, classmates who were in the business.

I'm appreciative to the university for their support of me and the football program. I continue to enjoy my stay here, and look forward to leading this football program for years to come. We have an exciting schedule, our recruiting has been very positive and we are excited about the upcoming season.

I want to thank Coach Morgan, my teammates and the fans for everything they have done for me. My family is extremely important to me and I want to make sure that my Mom is taken care of. It has been a great ride and I will never forget everybody who has helped me out. Coach Morgan gave me this opportunity. I was not recruited very heavily out of high school. He was always there for me and was loyal to me. I can't thank him enough for that.

We in universities are not in the democracy business. What we do, when we're doing it, is teach and learn.

It's a learning experience. This is a baby step for them. Next year we're going to expect a lot of them.

You go from being excited to panicking a little bit when a guy slides into him. Your emotions can get a little wavy. For me, being a baseball player, it's just exciting to watch what kids can do. When you think about it, he probably should be a junior in college.

As usual, it is difficult to know after today's practice what the true situation is and we will find that out after studying the data in terms of qualifying and the race. On the plus side we made progress from the morning to the afternoon. As usual here, the bumpy and slippery nature of the track makes the car quite uncomfortable to drive and it can feel unbalanced and twitchy. But I get the feeling we might be in slightly better shape than we have been recently.

That's the beauty of college basketball. Anybody can compete on the floor -- not just in the computers or polls -- and earn themselves a national championship.

Whatever cash is donated that we don't spend goes to the schools. We try not to pay for anything, so we can maximize our profits. Almost everything is donated. We truly appreciate all that everyone is doing to help make this a great success.

I don't think there's a lot of history right now. I think we're all learning. I know I am.

I'm not going to make excuses. Reading did well and I think they'll make it to the Premiership, and we had injuries, but the players I had on the pitch should have done better after going two up. Our only consolation is that nothing will now get in the way of our attempt at Premiership safety.