Quotes by Education To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks. A. A. Milne memorableeducationgraduation A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching. A. Bartlett Giamatti teachinghippieeducation I know that knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing - but they do live in the same neighborhood. I know once again, firsthand, the joy of learning. A. J. Jacobs neighborhoodeducationjoy In universities and intellectual circles, academics can guarantee themselves popularity - or, which is just as satisfying, unpopularity - by being opinionated rather than by being learned. A. N. Wilson circlesintellectualeducation The mark of an educated man is the ability to make a reasoned guess on the basis of insufficient information. Abbott Lawrence Lowell informationeducationmen Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual. Abdoulaye Wade umpireseducationjustice The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject. Abdoulaye Wade essentialseducationteacher Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. Abigail Adams perseveranceeducationinspirational True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance. Abigail Van Buren learningeducationfunny Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. Abraham Flexner moneyeducationpeace The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next. Abraham Lincoln educationmotivationalphilosophy Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave. Abraham Lincoln teachingeducationmean A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet Abraham Lincoln readingeducationbook Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in. Abraham Lincoln teachingeducationteacher All I have learned, I learned from books. Abraham Lincoln educationinspirationalbook When I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three.... The little advanceI now have upon this store of education, I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity. Abraham Lincoln ageeducationwriting Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in. That every man may receive at least a moderate education...appears to be an object of vital importance... Abraham Lincoln teachingeducationteacher That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance. Abraham Lincoln literacyeducationmay I told myself, "Lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." So I left my situation in Springfield, went home to my father's house, and stayed there till I could give any proposition in the six books of Euclid at sight. I then found out what "demonstrate" means, and went back to my law studies. Abraham Lincoln educationfatherbook My father, at the death of his father, was but six years of age; and he grew up, literally without education. Abraham Lincoln educationfatheryears1234567891011»
