It is time we in Scotland put England in its proper place and instead of our leaning on England and taking inspiration from her, we should lean and turn to Europe, for it is there our future prosperity lies.

There are plenty of ruined buildings in the world but no ruined stones.

The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.

If you want a good education, go to private schools. If you can't afford it, tough luck. You can go to the public school.

Knowledge is more important than life. We've only one excuse for existing, to think, to find out, to learn.

My well-meaning parents decided to send me to a Catholic grade school to get a better education than I probably would have received at the local public school. They had no way of knowing that the school nuns, who were the majority of the teachers at this particular parochial school, were right-wing, card-carrying John Birch Society members.