Arlen Specter Quotes

As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important things we can do, not only for our children, but for the benefit of our whole community.

The importance of education is ingrained in Scottish history.

Children whose parents return to study do much better at school. Offenders who persist with studies are much less likely to reoffend. The national mental health strategy recognises the important role adult learning can play for people recovering from mental illness.

It is vastly cheaper to build schoolhouses than jails.

Education deserves particular focus because its effects are so long-lasting.

I think if we give kids a break in education, we would have fewer crimes being committed. If we keep them on track, they know that they have options. It's important for me because, you know, my life would've been different had I not had the education that I had.

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.

I probably didn't put forth the effort I should have put forth, didn't realize the value of education until I went to college.

I want to make sure that all kids get a good education and enjoy what they learn.

Respect for education—the idea that education will buy improvement in our lives—is one of the oldest and fundamental American ideas.

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

If we educate our kids well, they will be more competitive.

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

I believe education is much more important than we assume.

My father's schooling during the 1930s was heavy with memorization; eight decades later, he is reaping the benefits.

Since the LeBron James Family Foundation shifted its focus on education, it's been important to us to document the innovative work we're doing.

Look, we'll have to confront the pathologies of poverty at some point. We can deal with them cheaply at the front end, in infancy. Or we can wait and jail a troubled adolescent at the tail end. To some extent, we face a choice between investing in preschools or in prisons.

The number one way that we can address these long-term challenges of poverty, of education, is to invest in early childhood education.

Education's net economic benefits are greater than many other investments.

Television was essentially my college.

We need to sort the kids out and educate them properly. After all, they are our future.

My mum didn't understand that education was an important thing. She couldn't do my homework with me. I was helping her read stuff. She once brought shaving soap thinking it was whipped cream.

There isn't a single developed country which does not have its citizens well educated.

Investing in children's education is vital.

Sports help women stay in school longer and make them less likely to use drugs, break the law, or get pregnant at an early age.