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" I care about buses and libraries and schools and roads and education. "

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" What I call my 'self' now is hardly a person at all. It's mainly a meeting place for various natural forces, desires, and fears, etcetera, some of which come from my ancestors, and some from my education, some perhaps from devils. The self you were really intended to be is something that lives not from nature but from God. "

" Without an education, you won't have a future. "

" The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples. "

Carter G. Woodson

" As technology increasingly takes over knowledge-based work, the cognitive skills that are central to today's education systems will remain important; but behavioral and non-cognitive skills necessary for collaboration, innovation, and problem solving will become essential as well. "

" 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

" We need a comprehensive focus on infrastructure that supports not just transportation but also broadband, education, healthcare, and our environment. "

John Hickenlooper

" I was the first tenured woman at Columbia. That was 1972; every law school was looking for its woman. Why? Because Stan Pottinger, who was then head of the office for civil rights of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, was enforcing the Nixon government contract program. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" Education is the key. If you are educated, nothing can defeat you. "

" My three years at the NIH were critical in my scientific education. I learned an immense amount about the research process: developing assays, purifying macromolecules, documenting a discovery by many approaches, and writing clear manuscripts describing what is known and what remains to be investigated. "

Stanley B. Prusiner

" A quality education grants us the ability to fight the war on ignorance and poverty. "

Charles B. Rangel

" So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible. "

" True security is based on people's welfare - on a thriving economy, on strong public health and education programmes, and on fundamental respect for our common humanity. Development, peace, disarmament, reconciliation and justice are not separate from security; they help to underpin it. "

" We need better public education and more realistic education. "

" If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them. "

" In the 1970s, New York City defaulted on its debt, and yes, the consequences were painful. Enrollment plummeted at City University campuses, which until then had offered free education. Seven thousand police officers were laid off. Crime skyrocketed. Services for the poor disappeared. "

" As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing. "

" If your kid doesn't have broadband access, that's a real disadvantage for participating in modern education. "

Julius Genachowski

" For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete. "

" A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born. "

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

" 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. "

" Fixing the pension system was one of the biggest problems Rhode Island faced. "

" If you have the talent, you should have the opportunity. "

" Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced. "

William Glasser

" Education can also be used as a soft power and as a soft force to transform societies. When I say transform societies it means we can tackle issues in political, social, cultural, economic areas. These are the most important things. "

Moza bint Nasser

" Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor and tutor students, and demonstrate through their actions how much they value their children's education. "

" If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets. "

Maynard James Keenan

" A considerable share of the world's population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care. "

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

" Beyond ensuring that people everywhere have access to mental health, virtual digital assistants can act as learning companions, using their insight into what motivates and inspires you, to help you study and learn. In this way, AI could be used to level the playing field in education and help narrow socio-economic gaps around the world. "

Rana el Kaliouby

" There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education. "

Malala Yousafzai