Education Quotes

"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore" "It is not enough to teach our young people to be successful. So are the mafia and drug cartels. We must teach our children that there is no shame in failing; there is only shame in failing to try" "The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated" "It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind" "The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions" "I dropped out of Oxford, and it's not like I dropped out and joined a rock band" "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today" "Without education, you're not going anywhere in this world" "In my mind, the plays I was reading in college, they all had gay characters or trans characters in them" "I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful" "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." "I tell my daughter every morning, 'Now, what are the two most important parts of you?' And she says, 'My head and my heart.'" "The willingness to learn new skills is very high." "I've never been a big believer in formal education." "The end of all education should surely be service to others" "We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community and this nation" "I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think" "Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel" "The more you learn, the more you earn" "The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective"