Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education.

- Chuck Palahniuk

Education is the investment our generation makes in the future.

- Mitt Romney

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.

- Barack Obama

There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.

- Will Rogers

In poor countries, we still need better ways to measure the effectiveness of the many government workers providing health services. They are the crucial link bringing tools such as vaccines and education to the people who need them most. How well trained are they? Are they showing up to work?

- Bill Gates

If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided.

- Edmund Barton

Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.

- Julia Gillard

I believe economic growth should translate into the happiness and progress of all. Along with it, there should be development of art and culture, literature and education, science and technology. We have to see how to harness the many resources of India for achieving common good and for inclusive growth.

- Pratibha Patil

President Obama and Secretary Duncan have made stronger teacher evaluation a key part of their education reform efforts. Under their signature plan, called 'Race to the Top,' states can win federal support for schools by improving teacher evaluations.

- Juan Williams

I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job.

- Eric Bana

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.

- Charles B. Rangel

The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.

- Kamisese Mara

In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time.

- Marlo Thomas

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.

- Clay Aiken

The secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film - whether it's history, psychology, economics, or architecture - so you have something to make a movie about. All the skill in the world isn't going to help you unless you have something to say.

- George Lucas

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.

- John W. Gardner

There is no education like adversity.

- Benjamin Disraeli

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

- Napoleon Hill