“Education is a better safeguard for liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the wages of the schoolmaster, we must raise the wages of the recruiting sergeant," said Massachusetts…
"Education is important, but [X] is importanter" is a jocular line that has been printed on T-shirts, posters and ecards. "Education is important, but big biceps are…
American science fiction writer Frank Herbert (1920-1986) wrote in Chapterhouse: Dune (1985): "Education is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by…
"Education is not the answer to the question. Education is the means to the answer to all questions" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "Someone once said,…
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) often stressed the importance of education. "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" is a popular Mandela quote that was…
"Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty" has been credited to Mark Twain (the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemons, 1835-1910), but there's no evidence…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Noah WebsterNoah Webster, Jr. (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843), was a lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer,…
The expression "in the long run" means "over a long period of time" and does not usually refer to long runs, but there are jokes. A marathoner riddle is: Q: Why does someone who…
The Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) began as the Audrey Cohen College in 1964. Its slogan is "Education That Works," or "Education That Works for People Who Work."…
"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one" is a popular quotation that has been cited in print since at least 1988, when it was credited to magazine publisher…
"English and Maths were my 3 bestest subjects at/in school" is a jocular saying of both bad English and bad math. "English and Maths were my 3 bestest subjects at school" was…
“I’m an English major. You do the math” is a saying that has been printed on many images. "You do the math" is an expression that means "you figure it out," but sometimes…
"Erasers sacrifice their own bodies for your mistakes" was posted on Twitter by meg on November 11, 2013. "Your eraser sacrifices itself for your mistakes everyday" was posted…
"Every adult needs a child to teach -- it's the way adults learn" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Every adult needs a child to teach -- it's the way…
"Every day is a school day" means the same thing as "you learn something new every day." The saying is often associated with "the world is a/my/our classroom/school,"…
"Correlation does not imply causation" is a popular phase. "Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying" (also "Everyone who confuses…
Teachers often draw on boards to explain ideas, and there's a jocular line: "Every teacher before they draw on the board: 'I'm not an artist.'" The line was cited on…
"'Every triangle is a love triangle if you love triangles' - Pythagoras. @JamesAcaster brilliant this evening" was posted on Twitter on February 12, 2014. Pythagoras was an…
"Every year, hundreds of kids are shipped off to mime school, never to be heard from again" is a jocular saying about noisy students. "Hundreds of kids are shipped off to Mime…
"Everyone has a right to be stupid. Some just abuse the privilege" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Origin is uncertain. "For while I think a man has a right to be…