Theo Paphitis Quotes

A high school and college degree are linked to greater employment prospects, higher earning potential, and the ability to contribute more to our communities.

College education is the engine of social mobility in this country.

There's probably people that go to Harvard and say, 'Listen, I went to Harvard. I got a great education, and I can't find a job, or I didn't become the success that I could have been.' Sure, I mean, you probably have that at every major university.

Earning a certificate or degree, or both, after high school opens the door to countless economic opportunities.

I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.

Better degrees don't automatically translate into better skills and better jobs and better lives.

I don't know how you can move out of one's socioeconomic category if you don't have education.

I was the first person to go to university from my family.

A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.

As far as I could tell, I was the first person anywhere in my family tree to go to university.

Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.

In America today, a young person needs more education after high school just to have a chance to make it in the middle class. Not a guarantee, just a chance to make it.

A generation ago, it wasn't necessary to have a college degree to get into the middle class …

We know that a college degree is rapidly becoming the price of admission to the global economy.

I value my education, but I cannot put a value on it. I know it has been worth some money to me - I don't think 'The Post' would have hired me if I had lacked a degree - but I probably could have earned about the same if I had stayed in the insurance business, where I worked while going to college at night.

I never went to college to make money.

If you get better educated, you might yourself higher up the ladder, but the ladder will still be there.

I work with kids every day, and I preach to them how much more they make and how much easier it is to get a job when they get a college education.

I think that education is a pathway out of poverty for many people. It was for our family.

Hispanics don't want more programs to make them comfortable in their poverty. What Hispanics really want is more opportunity: the freedom to work, leave poverty behind, and rise into the ranks of the middle class and beyond.

I wanted to have something to fall back on. I got my degree in business administration.

I come from a middle-class family, where you grow up thinking about government service. But when I went to Harvard, I saw that entrepreneurs and business leaders were just like me. It gave me a feeling that I could also do such things.

I've seen with my own students, community colleges offer an affordable route to four-year college degrees and good paying jobs.

Confidence is instrumental to those climbing out of poverty.

I am not preoccupied about my future.