education Quotes

There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits.

The reason why books endure is because there are enough people who like them. It's the only reason why books last.

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

I worship teachers. They can't be paid enough. It depresses me that society sees them as somehow expendable.

In almost every area of human endeavor, the practice improves over time. That hasn't been the case for teaching.

The Gates Foundation has learned that two questions can predict how much kids learn: 'Does your teacher use class time well?' and, 'When you're confused, does your teacher help you get straightened out?'

John Lewis Gaddis is not only the favorite historian of the Reagan administration, but he's regarded as the dean of Cold War scholarship, the leading figure in the American Cold War scholarship, a professor at Yale.

Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts.

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. Pleased with the 'Pilgrim's Progress,' my first collection was of John Bunyan's works in separate little volumes.

Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.