Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Quote 26

Education seems to be in America the only commodity of which the customer tries to get as little he can for his money.
- Max Forman

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Quote 27

It has been said that we have not had the three R's in America, we had the six R's; remedial readin', remedial 'ritin' and remedial 'rithmetic.
- Robert M. Hutchins

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Quote 23

[A process] which makes one rogue cleverer than another.
- Oscar Wilde (1856-1900) Irish poet and dramatist.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Quote 25

One of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
- William Lowe Bryan

Friday, March 04, 2011

Quote 24

A form of self-delusion.
- Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American author, editor and printer.

Monday, February 28, 2011

Quote 22

The inculcation of the incomprehensible into the ignorant by the incompetent.
- Josiah Stamp

Monday, February 07, 2011

Quote 21

[Education] consists mainly in what we have unlearned.
- Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Quote 20

A succession of eye-openers each involving the repudiation of some previously held belief.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) British dramatist, critic, writer.