Nicola Walker Quotes

Unlike any other time in our history, we have to know that staying in school and getting an education is the most important thing you can do.

Everybody in this country who wants to should be able to get as much education as they want. Education is the best resource we have.

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.

My mother was a first-grade teacher, so I credit her with this lifelong intellectual curiosity I have, and love of reading and learning.

I fell through the holes in the educational system. But education is still a way to change a life.

It is … interest of all, that every one, from birth, should be well educated.

… adult education should be made available … so that our less privileged groups may be able to avail themselves of new openings which require more education than they possess.

I'm a beneficiary of an extraordinary education, and I believe that no matter where you live, the access to education is key to social mobility.

I believe education is much more important than we assume.

My dad dropped out of school in middle school, but he reads five or six books a week, and my mom reads about two.

A Confucian or Jewish love of learning would gain minorities far more than any affirmative action laws we might pass.

Few things are more important to each individual's future success or to our nation's prosperity than education.

I was an educated girl. I'd done very well in school. I had a good point average and graduated from USC as an English teacher. My dad didn't even finish high school.

If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.

Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.

My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents.

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.

The best escalator to opportunity in America is education.

Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.

I'd like to work on job and educational opportunities for all.

The value of a good education has never left me.

Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of themselves in adulthood.

It's always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the educational system, so it's really important to me. I don't believe in so many things in life, but something I believe in is education.

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