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" I went to a regular school... education kept me sane. "

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" Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. "

Thomas Jefferson

" 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. "

" No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner. "

" A high school diploma will no longer be sufficient. But that post secondary education does not have to be a four-year university or a four-year college. It can be career technical education, vocational education, community college. "

Raja Krishnamoorthi

" To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes. "

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

" Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem. "

" You need to support human development and human capital as much as possible. And we've had 25 years of programs, great programs. We supported 125,000 surgeries. We fund 15,000 scholarships every year for college and higher education. We gave bicycles for rural areas. We gave laptops. "

" Ignorant people are apt to overrate the value of what is called education. The sons of the poor, having suffered the privations of poverty, think of wealth as the mother of joy. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" Key to success for the education of young African girls is building a model that works with communities, schools, and national Ministries of Education to build a system of protection and support around girls, ensuring that they receive the education that is their right. Financial support is provided alongside a social support system. "

" I believe that education is the greatest equalizer; thus, I will continue to fight to equalize the playing field in an educational atmosphere that is not always level! "

" In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps. "

Queen Rania of Jordan

" Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs. "

" I believe this system of mass incarceration would have Dr. King turning in his grave. There's no doubt in my mind that Dr. King would be doing everything in his power to build a movement to end mass incarceration in the United States; a movement for education, not incarceration. "

Michelle Alexander

" You could get an entire computer science education for free right now. "

Sebastian Thrun

" 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. "

" Education is the key to the future: You've heard it a million times, and it's not wrong. Educated people have higher wages and lower unemployment rates, and better-educated countries grow faster and innovate more than other countries. But going to college is not enough. You also have to study the right subjects. "

" The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life. "

" After the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, primary education was made free. We are now thinking to make education in the public sector free up to graduation level. We are also thinking of providing a light meal at primary and secondary schools in order to increase the student retention level. "

" The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things. "

" I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line. "

" Ensuring that we help prepare all kids for life, college, and work in our knowledge-based economy will require a collaborative, sustained effort from all stakeholders - from the president and the secretary of education on down to states, school districts, principals, teachers, parents, and community members. "

Randi Weingarten

" Early childhood education begins early, even before birth. "

Madeleine M. Kunin

" 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

" 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 this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism. "

" Education is the investment our generation makes in the future. "

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

" The main force pushing toward reduction in inequality has always been the diffusion of knowledge and the diffusion of education. "

" A good education gives you confidence to stick up your hand for anything - whether it is the job you want, or the bloke. And the more you stick up your hand, the better your chances are that you will get what you want. "

" If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse. "