Quotes about "Education & Learning"

I had quite a scattered childhood. I was Irish in London, because I had my secondary school education there. I never really fitted anywhere. I didn't feel it was a negative thing, and I was never made to feel different - I just knew I was. ”

Young men and women, your education is ever important - to us, to you, and to God. ”

I believe that in the pursuit of education, individual desire is more influential than institution, and personal faith more forceful than faculty. ”

Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them. ”

Hurricane Sandy was one of the most vicious storm systems to hit the New York City area in nearly two centuries. ”

I believe in local control of education. ”

I've never boxed before in my life. I've had one day's training at a boxing gym, and it's an incredibly difficult sport. ”

I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility; and my mother's father, who was always in trouble with gambling debts. ”

You can't have a competitive, egalitarian meritocracy if only some of your citizens have the opportunity for a good education. ”

Education is very important to my parents and to me. ”