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" Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. "

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" Without tact you can learn nothing. "

Benjamin Disraeli

" Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. "

George Washington Carver

" A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of women will not be maintained. "

Millicent Fawcett

" Most of our physical education teachers were just teachers, and they had to do the extra stuff on their own. I remember very vividly that they would hold a cane pole between two of the students down low, and we would all jump over it. And they would raise it and raise it and raise it. "

" A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching. "

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" I know a lot of people think I'm dumb. Well, at least I ain't no educated fool. "

" I cannot believe that my generation may very well have been the last one to have sex education in schools that was truly the complete and total package. I mean what are we doing? Are we in the future, but acting like it's The Dark Ages? "

Sheryl Lee Ralph

" Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning. "

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

" Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future work, hence men should be educated with special reference to the work. "

Timothy Thomas Fortune

" American liberals have become addicted to the courtroom, relying on judges and lawyers rather than elected leaders and the ballot box, as the primary means of effecting their social agenda on everything from gay marriage to assisted suicide to the use of vouchers for private-school education. "

" Too much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality. "

" I have always respected education, which is why I actually went back secretly and taught school for eight years. "

" Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

" Education must, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them. "

" Apart from education, you need good health, and for that, you need to play sports. "

" I believe economic growth should translate into the happiness and progress of all. Along with it, there should be development of art and culture, literature and education, science and technology. We have to see how to harness the many resources of India for achieving common good and for inclusive growth. "

" Yes, people need food and education. But one of the cornerstones of any society is a well-functioning legal system. "

" Education is the most powerful tool countries have for boosting economic growth, increasing prosperity, and forging more just, peaceful and equitable societies. "

" The important thing to note is that it is not important whether Malala was shot or not - Malala is not asking for personal favors or support. She is asking for support with girls' education and women's rights. So don't support Malala, support her campaign for girls' education and women's rights. "

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" I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers. "

Arnold Schwarzenegger

" It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree. "

John F. Kennedy

" 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. "

James A. Baldwin

" The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative. "

" Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up. "

" As the humanities and liberal arts are downsized, privatized, and commodified, higher education finds itself caught in the paradox of claiming to invest in the future of young people while offering them few intellectual, civic, and moral supports. "

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" Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions. "

" When you revolutionize education, you're taking the very mechanism of how people be smarter and do new things, and you're priming the pump for so many incredible things. "

" Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy. "