Quotes about education
402 quotes from 240 people
I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
Vincent van Gogh1853–1890Often credited to Pablo PicassoThe task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Letter to Colonel Charles Yancey (6 January 1816) ME 14:384
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol II (18 April 1775) p. 258If you want to get laid, go to college, but if you want an education, go to the library.
It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.
If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Isaac Newton1643–1727Letter to Robert Hooke (15 February 1676) [dated as 5 February 1675 using the Julian calendar with March 25th rather than January 1st as New Years Day, equivalent to 15 February 1676 by Gregorian reckonings.] A facsimile of the original is online at
James Madison1751–1836Letter to W.T. Barry (4 August 1822), in The Writings of James Madison (1910) edited by Gaillard Hunt, Vol. 9, p. 103History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again.
Kurt Vonnegut1922–2007Slapstick (1976), Ch. 48A man doesn’t know what he knows until he knows what he doesn’t know.
