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" Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war. "

Maria Montessori

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" Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought. "

" I never let schooling interfere with my education. "

" I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education. "

Tallulah Bankhead

" Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen. "

" Honestly, my biggest education regarding improv comedy actually came on the job working for 'My Boys.' "

" I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things. "

" All work is noble; the only ignoble thing is to live without working. There is need to realize the value of work in all its forms whether manual or intellectual, to be called 'mate,' to have sympathetic understanding of all forms of activity. "

Maria Montessori

" Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

A. Bartlett Giamatti

" With Michigan's economic future on the line, we can't afford to have our 500 local school districts marching in different directions. Instead, we need a high standards, mandatory curriculum to get all our students on the road to higher education and a good paying job. "

Jennifer Granholm

" Before the child ever gets to school it will have received crucial, almost irrevocable sex education and this will have been taught by the parents, who are not aware of what they are doing. "

" We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought. "

Bertrand Russell

" My father was Catholic, and my mother wanted me to go to Catholic school. That's what I did in first grade. But she couldn't afford the payments. I think it must have hurt her a lot, not to be able to give me a Catholic education. "

Edward P. Jones

" Public education is our greatest pathway to opportunity in America. So we need to invest in and strengthen our public universities today, and for generations to come. "

" Connectivity enables transparency for better government, education, and health. "

" I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories. "

" Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing. "

The Most Important

" You can only learn so much from books. You can only learn so much from education. Ultimately, it is the wisdom of God that will carry you through in the toughest situations of life. "

" Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. "

" Speech is one of the marvels that characterize man, and also one of the most difficult spontaneous creations that have been accomplished by nature. "

Maria Montessori

" I cannot live without books. "

Thomas Jefferson

" Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development. "

" I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture. "

" Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents. "

" Education is all about igniting young minds and enabling them to attain their fullest potential. "

" You can't legislate good will - that comes through education. "

" Middle class families are struggling to send their sons and daughters to school. For many Americans, a college education is essential to future success. "

" Online education, then, can serve two goals. For students lucky enough to have access to great teachers, blended learning can mean even better outcomes at the same or lower cost. And for the millions here and abroad who lack access to good, in-person education, online learning can open doors that would otherwise remain closed. "

" I think the combination of graduate education in a field like Computer Science and the opportunity to apply this in a work environment like Microsoft is what drove me. The impact these opportunities create can lead to work that has broad, worldwide impact. "

" I think what's been lacking from our discussion for a long time is really that other part of what a Budget chair does, which is set the priorities for this country in terms of making sure we invest in the right places, in education, in job training, and to make sure we do a balanced approach moving forward. "