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" You may be a redneck if... you have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education. "

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" 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 main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny. "

" Access to quality education has enabled me to reach far beyond the Bangladeshi village I grew up in. "

" 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

" Responsibility educates. "

Wendell Phillips

" Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. "

" Changing a diaper is a lot like getting a present from your grandmother - you're not sure what you've got but you're pretty sure you're not going to like it. "

" That's the value of a college education... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return. "

Gaston Caperton

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

" I have always thought it a great privilege to have as my colleague in the Palit Chair of Chemistry such a distinguished pioneer in scientific research and education in Bengal as Sir Prafulla Ray. It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work. "

" 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

" We're first on executions. We're 49th in funding public education. We're in a race with Mississippi for the bottom, and we're winning. "

" When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education. "

" Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education. "

" The U.N. has brought peace and order to many places around the world. However, terrorism, violent extremism, violations of human rights, natural disasters caused by climate change - they all threaten the lives of people today. Add migration, insufficient health care, lack of education, and the picture gets even bleaker. "

Miroslav Lajcak

" Education is the foundation upon which we build our future. "

Christine Gregoire

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

" Through my education, I didn't just develop skills, I didn't just develop the ability to learn, but I developed confidence. "

" I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon. "

" The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education. "

Alphonso Jackson

" 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. "

" If education is protection to life, you will realize that it is necessary that education accompany life during its whole course. "

Maria Montessori

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

William Glasser

" I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, 'cause I'm very smart. "

" Without tact you can learn nothing. "

Benjamin Disraeli

" The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books. "

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

" The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available. "

" 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. "

" Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people. "

Eleanor Roosevelt

" The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one. "