A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Suddenly degrees aren't worth anything. Isn't that true? When I was a student, if you had a degree, you had a job. If you didn't have a job it's because you didn't want one. And I didn't want one, frankly.
To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.
In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.
The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Know what you are talking about.
The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.
Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.
Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.
