Quotes about education

Education by choice, with its marvelous motivating psychology of desire for truth, will make life ever cleaner and happier, more rhythmical and artistic.

Buckminster Fuller

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment.

George Orwell

Public education is a good foundation on which to build a better life for each of us. And if we want to prove to these children who never made the mess in the first place that education is worth the trouble, our schools have to inspire them so they can do what they ought to do.

Bill Cosby

A woman’s education consists of two lessons: never leave the house without stocking, never go out without a hat.

Coco Chanel

Unemployment rates among Americans who never went to college are about double that of those who have a postsecondary education.

Bill Gates

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.

Barack Obama

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don’t believe the kids should be given homework.

Bill Cosby

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.

Michelle Obama

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Benjamin Franklin

Every single one of you has something you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide.

Barack Obama