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" In many spheres of human endeavor, from science to business to education to economic policy, good decisions depend on good measurement. "

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" This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth. "

William Glasser

" I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science. "

" In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It's their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond. "

Malala Yousafzai

" No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. "

" Creating whole departments of ethnic, gender, and other 'studies' was part of the price of academic peace. All too often, these 'studies' are about propaganda rather than serious education. "

" Never take your eye off the ball. Always remember that you and everyone on the team is the servant of the cause - in our case, girls' education and young women's leadership in Africa. "

" 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

" I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message. "

" History has demonstrated time and again the inherent resilience and recuperative powers of the American economy. "

" Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. "

" Now the problem with standardized tests is that it's based on the mistake that we can simply scale up the education of children like you would scale up making carburetors. And we can't, because human beings are very different from motorcars, and they have feelings about what they do and motivations in doing it, or not. "

" If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education. "

Malala Yousafzai

" If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression. "

" Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black. "

James A. Baldwin

" Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements. "

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

" I like characters and stories that challenge the status quo. Lately, I'm really interested in history because I find that in my public school education, I didn't learn about women in history. I want to introduce the world to some great stories and incredible heroes. "

Jessica Chastain

" If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided. "

" Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. "

Marcus Aurelius

" Education is the transmission of civilization. "

" In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me. "

" If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. "

" I've always believed in the importance of education and continuing to learn throughout every stage of life. "

" A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers. "

Gwendolyn Brooks

" If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library. "

" Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority. "

Rutherford B. Hayes

" I was never close to Jerry Falwell because he had his ministry, I had mine. And we came from different theological training and from a different psychological education. "

Robert H. Schuller

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

John Hickenlooper

" It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. "

" A captain of the Navy ought to be a man of strong and well connected sense, with a tolerable good education, a gentleman, as well as a seaman both in theory and practice. "

John Paul Jones