Rick Scott Quotes

On education, in order to ensure that America remains a world leader, we must create an educated, skilled workforce in the vital areas of science, math, engineering and information technology. At the same time, we must give every student access to a college degree.

The longer our graduation lines are today, the shorter our unemployment lines will be tomorrow.

The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.

If you improve your education system, there's no telling what kind of businesses you'll be able to attract.

For the future, primarily, we must educate people in science, engineering, technology and math.

If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future.

The economy in the Valley will need to grow if students want to come back and work with their specialized degrees. We need to develop more to create more opportunities.

Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people - especially their educations.

Science is inextricably linked to our economy. It has been for the last 50 years and it will be for the next 50 years.

Maine is competing with the rest of the country for jobs and for economic development and we're going to be on the front edge of that competition. And technology is one of the ways to do it.

Investing in better-quality education outcomes - especially in maths and science - more than pays for itself.

We need to work tirelessly to help create new jobs and good jobs here in Florida.

To shape today's and tomorrow's 'future proof' worker, schools must teach specialized hard skills, such as the STEM skills that are in high demand.

In Liberia, the big challenge that remains for us is job creation. We want young people to work or go to school. That is our main preoccupation right now.

Looking to the future I see in the further acceleration of science continuous jobs for our workers. Science will cure unemployment.

Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate from high school with the basic skills they will need to succeed in the 21st Century economy, much less prepared for the rigors of college and career. Although our top universities continue to rank among the best in the world, too few American students are pursuing degrees in science and technology. Compounding this problem is our failure to provide sufficient training for those already in the workforce.

President Obama said he plans on training 10,000 new math and science teachers. How about teaching math to that economic team of his?

As a nation, we must unite in recognizing the mounting evidence that the U.S. is falling behind international competitors in producing students ready for 21st-century jobs.

As more girls get basic schooling, larger numbers will move up the educational ladder - some to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. That's important because workplaces around the world, especially in many developing and emerging-market countries, are becoming more automated, favouring workers with technical skills.

During my administration, we've welcomed a broad and diverse group of industries to New Mexico, including high-tech and traditional manufacturing, health care, information technology and finance. Some are homegrown New Mexico companies; others are global leaders in their industries.

Australia's economic future depends upon getting smarter. This means investing in the skills and knowledge of our workforce.

I hope to continue to inspire our nation's youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math so they, too, may reach for the stars.

If you have children, you cannot feed them forever with flags for breakfast and cartridges for lunch. You need something more substantial. Unless you educate your children and spend less money on conflicts, unless you develop your science, technology and industry, you don't have a future.

The ingenuity and creativity of the private sector is essential to meeting American's needs for a skilled work force.

I'm fascinated by the skills gap.