“A young person wanting to become an artist might simply go purposefully and dedicatedly to his or her room with a few books and a thousand blank canvases for four years.” YearsPersonsBookMightYoungArtistRoomsEducationFourThousandFour YearsBlankBlank Canvas Author:Robert Genn
“In the years since then, those four freedoms - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear - have stood as a summary of our aspirations for the American Republic and for the world.” WorldWantYearsEducationFourSpeechWorshipAspirationRepublicFreedom Of SpeechSummary Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969
“A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” NationsEducationFourAdviceThousandNewspapersJournalistHostileGiverTutorBayonets Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“That Edison or Lincoln could have been Edison or Lincoln after four years of Harvard is improbable.” YearsHas BeensEducationFourFour YearsCould Have BeenHarvardImprobable Author:Arthur Brisbane
“Whether four years of strenuous attention to football and fraternities is the best preparation for professional work has never been seriously investigated.” YearsAttentionEducationFourFootballPreparationFour YearsFraternityProfessional Work Author:Robert M. Hutchins
“I'm all for reforming our higher education system, in the 21st century, to have the skills you need for a middle-class job, you need higher education of some form or fashion. It may not be a four-year degree. The problem is he just wants to pour that additional money into the broken, existing system.” WantNeedsYearsMayProblemJobsFormEducationClassFourMiddleCenturyFashionBrokenHigherSkillsDegreesMiddle ClassFour Years21st CenturyEducation SystemHigher Education Author:Marco Rubio