Quotes About Our Failing Education System

#1. Mitt Romney was attacking Obama about our failing education system. He has a point. We are graduating millions of people in this country who are so lacking in basic analytical skills, they are considering voting for Mitt Romney.

Bill Maher

#2. When I was younger, I was so crazy about poetry that I didn't notice who was noticing. It seemed to me so tremendous and large.

Robert Hass

#3. Children will usually live up to our expectations.

Steve Biddulph

#4. You better get used to it. You're going to be on the ground a lot today, but cheer up ... tomorrow you'll be an expert.

Judy Blume

#5. Far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently because its aim is to keep the American people thoughtless enough to go on supporting the system.

Richard Mitchell

#6. One should not associate with controversy; one should always reach for the highest ratings; one should never forget that there is safety in numbers; one should always remember that comedy, adventure, and escapism provide the best atmosphere for selling.

Peter George Peterson

#7. Poverty consists in feeling poor.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#8. The 1973 Labour Conference will have before it the most radical programme the Party has prepared since 1945.

Tony Benn