Browsing Quotes With Tag: education (128)
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The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.
Speaker: Mark TwainPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 11:16 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
Speaker: PlatoPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 9:06 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
Speaker: Friedrich NietzschePosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:57 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
Speaker: Soren KierkegaardPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 8:50 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
College isn’t the place to go for ideas.
Speaker: Helen KellerPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 8:40 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.
Speaker: Russell GreenPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 7:49 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self confidence.
Speaker: Robert FrostPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 7:41 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.
Speaker: Albert EinsteinPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 7:28 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Speaker: Albert EinsteinPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 7:24 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
Speaker: Albert EinsteinPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 7:23 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
Speaker: Francis BaconPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 6:19 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Speaker: AristotlePosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 5:50 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Let early education be a sort of amusement, you will then better be able to find out the natural bent of the child.
Speaker: PlatoPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:16 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I’m glad you asked that question, seigway dude!
Speaker: Dr. Mike GoodrichSource: CS 470Posted: 30 Oct 2008 at 11:39 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
Speaker: Groucho MarxPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:07 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense if you know what you are doing.
Speaker: Warren BuffettSource: Why We Want You to Be RichPosted: 20 Sep 2008 at 9:25 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The mind that opens to a new idea never comes back to its original size.
Speaker: Albert EinsteinSource: Why We Want You to Be RichPosted: 20 Sep 2008 at 9:23 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Rules aren’t always pleasant, but unless you’re in a position to change the rules, laws, and constraints, it’s a good idea to know about them.
Speaker: Donald TrumpSource: Why We Want You to Be RichPosted: 20 Sep 2008 at 9:22 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.
Speaker: Warren BuffettSource: Why We Want You to Be RichPosted: 20 Sep 2008 at 9:22 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Life is constantly giving you priceless information if you are willing to receive it, and most of the time the feedback is free.
Speaker: Robert T. KiyosakiSource: Increasing Your Financial IQPosted: 20 Sep 2008 at 9:21 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!