Quotes about "Education & Learning"

Agents who have left the Secret Service to join other federal law enforcement agencies report that training in firearms and counterterrorism tactics in those agencies in many cases far exceeds the quality of what the Secret Service offered. ”

I believe sanity and realism can be restored to the teaching of Mathematical Statistics most easily and directly by entrusting such teaching largely to men and women who have had personal experience of research in the Natural Sciences. ”

The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic. ”

The basic premise of insurance is the pooling of funds from many to cover the costs of some. There are complicated methods for how to do this, but one fact remains consistent: For insurance to work well, people need to be in and stay in the insurance pool. ”

I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn out to be terribly good actors, and I've seen people with no education in the field turn out to be people that I admire quite a bit. ”

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion. ”

Aggression and forced redistribution of wealth has nothing to do with the teachings of the world's great religions. ”

My training was that you fill in the canvas where it needs colour and polishing. You start with the words on the first night and keep adding bits of business. ”

The College Access and Opportunity Act addresses the important need to make higher education more affordable and easier to access for low and middle-income students. ”

The one thing we can do is invest in the quality of education, especially higher education. ”