Jose Ferreira Quotes

We have done a poor job educating people about education. Only when we have clarified that can we talk about how best to achieve it.

My goal is not selling laptops. OLPC is not in the laptop business. It's in the education business.

I'll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids, what kids need to learn to get ahead in this world.

Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to give their children a good education.

You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.

If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.

We are going to have the best educated American people in the world.

It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth.

Students do everything on laptops these days, so I definitely think electronic books are a trend that's going to expand.

Through the Committee on Education and the Workforce, we need to ensure we are educating a future generation to achieve a workforce for the 21st century. I believe the best education solutions come from those closest to the students: state and local entities.

Technology has enormous potential to address educational needs more efficiently, help teachers improve their performance, and enrich and individualize student learning.

What's got me excited about the education space is the growth of the Internet over the next 10, 20, 30 years.

Literacy in Tunisia is almost 100%. It's amazing - no country in the region or even in Asia can match Tunisia in education.

Everybody in this country who wants to should be able to get as much education as they want. Education is the best resource we have.

I will tell you, in the case of education, you have to make the investment if you're going to get the return. There's no doubt about that. It's a proven fact the return is there if you make the investment. It really is about priorities.

My family gave me the best in education.

Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.

My focus is mainly on education. I believe education made all the difference for me, and it is certainly going to make all the difference for other children, too.

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.

As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.

My parents always made education and school the number one priority. They believed that an education is the best gift you can give to your child.

We talk a good fight about wanting to have excellent schools when in fact we're content to have average ones.

For their [the children’s] learning, be liberal. Spare no cost, for by such parsimony all is lost that is saved

Of all our institutions public education is the most important. Everything depends on it, the present and the future.

… schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.