Quotes about College Education

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. Votes: 5

I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life. Votes: 5

The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one. Votes: 5

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's very complex, it's very profound. Votes: 5

The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one's children, and have a secure job to provide these and other goals. Votes: 5

My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother. Votes: 5

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. Votes: 4

When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less. Votes: 3

A college education should equip one to entertain three things: a friend, an idea and oneself. Votes: 3

The only educational aspect of television is that it puts the repair man's kids through college. Votes: 3

Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth. Votes: 3

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. Votes: 3

The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think Votes: 3

Claude Hopkins.. maintained that nobody with a college education could write an advertisement addressed to the mass millions. That's absolute poppycock. Votes: 3

Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income - which he then spends sending his son to college. Votes: 3

No longer a mark of distinction or proof of achievement, a college education is these days a mere rite of passage, a capstone to adolescent party time. Votes: 3

My family is all lawyers. Most people when they come on shows like this, "I'm proud of the first member of my family to get a college education." Votes: 3

Community colleges are one of Americas great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace. Votes: 3

All I know is that I carried you for nine months. I fed you, I clothed you, I paid for your college education. Friending me on Facebook seems like a small thing to ask in return. Votes: 3

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. Votes: 3

If entrepreneurs were running schools, instead of bureaucrats, schools would be teaching a lot more of the skills and mindsets found in this book. Since they're not, this book is a necessary antidote to a traditional college education. Votes: 3

If you have four years to complete your college education, do it. Votes: 2

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. Votes: 2

So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible. Votes: 2

People like me who grew up in a working-class town, who don't have a college education, you don't usually hear from us. Votes: 2

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge. Votes: 2

Middle class families are struggling to send their sons and daughters to school. For many Americans, a college education is essential to future success. Votes: 2

If I had spent as much time in the weight room as I did designing football uniforms, I probably would have had a free college education. Votes: 2

That's the value of a college education... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return. Votes: 2

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education. Votes: 2

Instead of saving for someone else's college education, I'm currently saving for a luxury retirement community replete with golf carts and handsome young male nurses who love butterscotch. Votes: 2

Since most American students cannot simply pay their full tuition out of pocket, financing a college education often takes the form of loans, both private and from the government. Votes: 2

The cost of college education today is so high that many young people are giving up their dream of going to college, while many others are graduating deeply in debt. Votes: 2

This is a value-added college education if I have heard one described. And what is the most remarkable about Delaware State University graduates - is they just keeping giving back. Votes: 2

The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and the like. This purpose scarcely requires justification. Votes: 2

We never had it as rough as the kids have it today. Look at the price of a gallon of gas or a piece of real estate or a college education. Votes: 2

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it. Votes: 2

Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people. Votes: 2

Liberals tend to stress how marvelous education is, in and of itself, and also adore it as a vessel for genuine equality. (That's me, by the way: Hell, I think we should be spending $50 billion a year to make college education free). Votes: 2

People of my age who went to college, go into college, you know what it cost back then? Nothing or next to nothing. At the most, you had to work at Dairy Queen during the summer and that would pay for your college education. Votes: 2

The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available. Votes: 2

Compassion is a college education. It's a doctorate. Votes: 0

Your college education is a key moment in life. Votes: 0

I have an education, I went to college, you know? Votes: 0

A college education shows a man how little other people know. Votes: 0

The purpose of a college education is to question your father's values, Votes: 0

Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education. Votes: 0

The individual college youth cannot wait forever until the problem of his education is decided. Votes: 0

I really missed going to college. I missed not having that education and that experience. Votes: 0

Education, in K-12, technical college and universities needs to be a top priority in Wisconsin. Votes: 0

Education doesn't cease when you leave college or leave the university. Education is a lifetime process. Votes: 0

The price of a college education should never include a 1 in 5 chance of being sexually assaulted. Votes: 0

You're college graduates now, so use your education. Remember: It's not who you know, it's whom. Votes: 0

I.B.M. was my college education, effectively. They were very good at teaching you management. Votes: 0

In the world of entrepreneurs, you don't need a college education. You need a proper education. Votes: 0

One of the benefits of a college education is to show the boy its little avail. Votes: 0

As far as I can see, about the only thing I've missed is a college education. Votes: 0

I began my education at a very early age; in fact, right after I left college. Votes: 0

Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out. Votes: 0

I think we hear a lot of talk about college, and we don't hear about early education. Votes: 0

a college education I would never propose - a bachelor's degree won't even keep you in clothes Votes: 0

I had a liberal arts education at Amherst College where I had two majors, mathematics and philosophy. Votes: 0

The best education you can get is investing in yourself, and that doesn't mean college or university. Votes: 0

In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated. Votes: 0

Learning to play two pairs is worth about as much as a college education, and about as costly. Votes: 0

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library. Votes: 0

Mr. Obama seeks to federalize large portions of education, beginning with his attempt to nationalize college student loans. Votes: 0

America needs education reform on all levels to expand quality schools, build on past successes, and lower college debt. Votes: 0

High-quality education provided by MOOCs can be a significant factor in opening doors to opportunity—even among the college-educated. Votes: 0

I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling. Votes: 0

Unemployment rates among Americans who never went to college are about double that of those who have a postsecondary education. Votes: 0

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's very complex, it's very profound Votes: 0

I am impressed with the natural health programs at Nature Care College. Their dedication to quality education is truly inspiring. Votes: 0

I'm not going to benefit from free college education, but I think all those things are good for the country. Votes: 0

You get an education in school and in college. And then you start to work. and that's when you learn! Votes: 0

For me, having the opportunity to go to college was very important. To miss out on an education is a loss. Votes: 0

Every young man or woman should weigh the matter well before concluding that a college education is out of the question. Votes: 0

I wasn't using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education. Votes: 0

I wasnt using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education. Votes: 0

My parents had an old-fashioned ideal of college, that four years at a liberal arts college should be a liberal arts education. Votes: 0

Even though I did not go into college teaching, I believe the education I did receive helped me to become a better coach. Votes: 0

I probably didn't put forth the effort I should have put forth, didn't realize the value of education until I went to college. Votes: 0

If you borrowed money and went to a college where the education didn't create any value, that is potentially a really big mistake. Votes: 0

The best education for a writer, I think, is to read a lot - college can be a good place to do that. Votes: 0

By making college unaffordable and student loans unbearable, we risk deterring our best and brightest from pursuing higher education and securing a good-paying job. Votes: 0

Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college. Votes: 0

I had dreamed about being a college coach for a long time, but with no education, I never thought I would get a chance. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school. Votes: 0

By making college unaffordable and student loans unbearable, we risk deterring our best and brightest from pursuing higher education and securing a good paying job. Votes: 0

Book learning, or intelligence of one sort, doesn't guarantee you intelligence of another sort.You can behave just as stupidly with a good college education. Votes: 0

The best math lesson we can teach college students this year is to subtract a tuition increase and benefit from the dividends of higher education. Votes: 0

I quickly learned, however, that a university education is not a prerequisite to reading Shakespeare. After all, his original audience was not college-educated. Neither was he. Votes: 0

Early college high schools in North Carolina and across the country show us that challenge - not remediation - is an approach to education that works. Votes: 0

Early college high schools in North Carolina and across the country show us that challenge - not remediation - is an approach to education that works. Votes: 0

My own view is that the general education curriculum that a college picks has to be appropriate for the kind of student body that it has. Votes: 0

When it comes to sending my children to college, I want the best education. It's the only thing I'm really leaving them - a good education. Votes: 0

The highest culture is not obtained from the teacher when at school or college, so much as by our ever diligent self-education when we become men. Votes: 0

There's one thing my old man taught me and it's the best thing he taught me. It wasn't education at college or university "“ it was commonsense. Votes: 0

In the ideal college, intrinsic education would be available to anyone who wanted it...The college would be life-long, for learning can take place all through life. Votes: 0

The purpose of a college education is to give you the correct view of minorities, and the means to live as far away from them as possible. Votes: 0

When my mother had four girls, and she could tell her marriage was falling apart, she went back to college and got her degree in music and education. Votes: 0

Education is huge for me. I went to public school until I turned thirteen, and was lucky enough to afford college once I became successful as an actress. Votes: 0

While Obama might not push college education exclusively, like most Democrats he does oversell it and does shortchange the alternatives. And millions of young Americans pay the price. Votes: 0

My family is all lawyers. Most people when they come on shows like this, "I'm proud of the first member of my family to get a college education." Votes: 0

There's no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very authentically looking for truth. Votes: 0

Academic education is the act of memorizing things read in books, and things told by college professors who got their education mostly by memorizing things read in books. Votes: 0

My undergraduate education, at the City College in New York, was made possible only by the existence of that excellent free institution and the financial sacrifices of my parents. Votes: 0

My undergraduate education, at the City College in New York, was made possible only by the existence of that excellent free institution and the financial sacrifices of my parents. Votes: 0

Sizing up succinctly his lack of formal education compared with his determination to learn from others, the author writes, "I went to college with every person I ever met. Votes: 0

The notion that college education is a cost-effective way to help poor, low-skill, unmarried mothers with high school diplomas or GEDs move up the economic ladder is just wrong. Votes: 0

Education is being redefined at the demand of the uneducated to suit the ideas of the uneducated. The student now goes to college to proclaim, rather than to learn. Votes: 0

I think that with some education there are real possibilities at the high school and college level, but more so at the college level, to bring people into cycling. Votes: 0

My parents told me that education was the path to success - and they showed me, taking me to Head Start while they were pursuing their own college degrees. Votes: 0

Experiment! Meet new people. That’s better than any college education . . . By adventuring; about, you become accustomed to the unexpected. The unexpected then becomes what it really is . . . the inevitable. Votes: 0

The American Dream is not being dependent on the federal government for your health care, for your automobile, for your college education, for your student loan on and on and on. Votes: 0

College education gives you the chance to earn money and live thereupon. But, umless it destroys certain illusions that are nourished by the common level of mankind, your lives will not be happy. Votes: 0

There's a reasonable amount of traction in college education, particularly engineering, because quite a lot of that is privatized, so there is an incentive to set up new colleges of reasonably high quality. Votes: 0

My parents always raised us with the idea of having college in mind. You sort of need a college education. It's part of life. It's something that you do - like going to your prom. Votes: 0

I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education. Votes: 0

Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace. Votes: 0