"To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion."
"To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us."
"To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks."
"True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance."
"When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course."
"Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?"
"You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God."
"Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army."
"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance."
"Education is all a matter of building bridges."
"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."
"Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know."
"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
"Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another."
"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."
"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom."
"Education is the transmission of civilization."
"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."
"Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding."
"Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading."
"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one."
"Every educated person is a future enemy."
"Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre."
"He who opens a school door, closes a prison."
"I know a lot of people think I'm dumb. Well, at least I ain't no educated fool."
"I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world."
"I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly."
"I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education."
"I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated."