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Education

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make ones mind a pleasant place in which to spend ones leisure. – Sydney J. Harris

President Obama believes in a country where we invest in education, in roads and bridges, in science, and in the future so we can create new opportunities so the next kid can make it big and the kid afer that and the kid after that, thats what President Obama believes. – Elizabeth Warren

A childs education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens. – Sandra Day OConnor

We cannot create observers by saying observe, but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses. – Maria Montessori

Theres a need for accepting responsibility – for a persons life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education. – Buzz Aldrin

Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldnt sign your name youd have to pay cash. – Rita Mae Brown

Were first on executions. Were 49th in funding public education. Were in a race with Mississippi for the bottom, and were winning. – Kinky Friedman

Scientific research and other studies have demonstrated that arts education can enhance American students math and language skills and improve test scores which in turn increase chances of higher education and good jobs in the future. – Thad Cochran

There are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This low literacy negatively impacts not just their lives but also their families and the countrys economic development. A girls lack of education also has a negative impact on the health and well-being of her children. – Sachin Tendulkar

I recognize that I have a unique position to be a role model to young girls because I am doing something that they consider glamorous, which is acting, and yet I took a time to really get my education and study mathematics, and I think math is the cats meow. – Danica McKellar

I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that its too late by college. – Danica McKellar

When I was young I didnt care about education, just money and box office. – Jackie Chan

An inventor is simply a fellow who doesnt take his education too seriously. – Charles Kettering

The test and the use of mans education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. – Jacques Barzun

The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when theyre two different things. – David Bailey

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if its very complex, its very profound. – Dennis Prager

The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between mens and womens earnings for the same work. – Sandra Day OConnor

I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nations schools. In recent years, the schools have stopped teaching it. And its unfortunate. – Sandra Day OConnor

Parents should continue to become more involved with their communities, and more involved in their childrens education. – Sandra Day OConnor