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

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Kristen Soltis Anderson

" It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete. "

" The right to a quality education is, I believe, the perfect path to bridge the gap between different cultures and to reconcile various civilizations. Without such a right, the values of liberty, justice and equality will have no meaning. Ignorance is by far the biggest danger and threat to humankind. "

Moza bint Nasser

" What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. "

" 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 absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education. "

" 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. "

" Education is far less about a set of facts than a way of thinking, than learning how to critically think. And therefore, what I always think should be the basis of education is not answers but questions. "

Lawrence M. Krauss

" The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy. "

" See, that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly - to build an economy that lifts every family, to make sure health care is available for every American - and to make sure that every child in this nation has a world-class education all the way from preschool to college. "

" My parents fled from a Cuban dictatorship in search of freedom. Growing up, I saw my parents struggle... I am here today because of them. My success is their success. Their sacrifice and perseverance made my education possible. "

Alexander Acosta

" Long-lived persons have one or two lines which extend through the whole hand; short-lived persons have two lines not extending through the whole hand. "

" Sometimes life limits your choices - rising tuition costs may put university out of reach, or like me, personal circumstances might simply make it difficult to complete your education. "

" A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold. "

" We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service. And we can't just do it by making seniors pay more for Medicare. "

" Nothing is more important, certainly during these times of artificial intelligence, than our public education. And as it continues to grow and evolve, I think you and I know this is going to be critical that we are constantly training and retraining and creating these next-generation jobs. "

" Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination. "

" 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. "

" 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 strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities for higher education, for the full development of her faculties, her forces of mind and body... is the solitude and personal responsibility of her own individual life. "

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

" A country so rich that it can send people to the moon still has hundreds of thousands of its citizens who can't read. That's terribly troubling to me. "

" To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. "

" You have to stay in school. You have to. You have to go to college. You have to get your degree. Because that's the one thing people can't take away from you is your education. And it is worth the investment. "

" A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. "

" Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom. "

" One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so. "

Christine Gregoire

" The public education landscape is enriched by having many options - neighborhood public schools, magnet schools, community schools, schools that focus on career and technical education, and even charter schools. "

Randi Weingarten

" Typically, during recessionary times, particular groups suffer higher rates of unemployment -African Americans, and Latinos, and in some cases other minority groups. If you don't have a high level of training or education you're going to fall into that category. "

" The supreme lesson of any education should be to think for yourself and to be yourself; absent this attainment, education creates dangerous, stupefying conformity. "

Bryant H. McGill

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