Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really bad because everything we've done is de-humanizing education. It's destroying the possibility of the teacher and the st...

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

There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression, as a normality, and it has a lot of effects in the youth in the way they absorb education and what they hope to get out of life.

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

There's a logic to dreams that doesn't necessarily follow linear narrative. You don't know why things happen, it's your subconscious pushing you, to give you information.

I grew up with not a lot of money and I definitely shopped at Goodwill. But even in my most unfortunate state, I was really blessed compared to a lot of the rest of the world. I had a really great cha...

Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a real...

I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race.

Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up.

When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford...

I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.