“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited.”

– Plutarch

“When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.”

– Marva Collins

“I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.”

– Edith Ann (Lilly Tomlin)

“Education is soul crafting.”

– Cornel West

“The notion that every well-educated person would have a mastery of at least the basic elements of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences is a far cry from the specialized education that most students today receive, particularly in the research universities.”

– Joseph Stiglitz

“We are still too close to the birth of the universe to be certain about its death.”

– J.D. Bernal

“The fundamental essence of science, which I think we’ve lost in our education system, is poking something with a stick and seeing what happens. Embrace that process of inquiry.”

– Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”

– Jiddu Krishnamurti

“I think of it as a good opportunity to let, in particular, school kids know that this job and other interesting jobs in science and engineering are open to anyone who works hard in school and gets a good education and studies math and science. And that it’s not just for a select group of people.”

– Ellen Ochoa