Anant Agarwal Quotes

I tell people, 'I have a Ph.D. from Google University.'

In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated.

I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education.

When we think about online learning, it's such 'early days.' Bill Gates is a wildly smart insightful guy. Yet, even a guy as smart and insightful as that, 30 years ago can say things like, 'Who's every going to need more than 640K of memory?'

In the digital era, everyone is a student. Degrees given by formal education are not a value currency anymore. Technical skills and an individual's ability to apply the outcomes are important, irrespective of age.

The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible.

The willingness to learn new skills is very high.

I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.

I believe e-courses will eventually change people's attitude toward learning. Education will play an increasingly dominant role in people's lives. For people of all ages and all geographies.

People are adamant learning is not just looking at a Google page. But it is. Learning is looking at Google pages. What is wrong with that?

The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but education is available to anyone within reach of a library, a post office, or even a newsstand.

There are so many opportunities to learn things online, like between Coursera and Khan Academy and Duolingo. There are these awesome websites that are kind of these little personal Aristotles. There are times when I'm preparing for a role of some kind, and then I'll focus on a certain subject.

I find it a very encouraging sign for a society if employers are bringing online education to their companies, helping employees gain more knowledge.

The most trusted way to keep moving up that value chain is to keep investing in individuals - to help them grow in knowledge and skills. Education is hard. It takes individuals to do the hard work.

Top notch Indian employers such as Flipkart have hired Udacity Nanodegree graduates based solely on their performance in our programme, without any in-person interview.

Throughout my career as a lawyer, teacher and labor leader, books have remained my constant companion - stuffed into a briefcase, overflowing on my bedside table, stacked on my desk at work. Books have carried me to distant worlds, opened new doors and made me feel empathy, compassion, anger, fear, joy, acceptance - and everything in between.

If it weren't for my education, I truly wouldn't be as successful at my job as a model.

Education, leading to financial independence, has surely made women more empowered.

I saw school as a business and, once I had got what I needed out of it, I left.

The most rewarding, insightful and challenging year of my life was my 'Year in Industry' working as a trainee engineer at Black & Decker, which involved studying part time at college.

My schedule won't allow me to go to regular school, but I did love public school, and I did experience my first year of middle school in a regular school.

And it's just my opinion that I don't think film school is necessary for filmmakers. But I don't want to discourage someone who really wants to learn that way.

Who's going to be against getting workers the skills they need to be successful?

Being home-schooled, you really get to explore your hobbies, what you want to do for a living.

I am going to graduate school, but that ain't got nothing to do with football.