"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards."

"If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else."

"Intelligence appears to be the thing that enables a man to get along without education. Education enables a man to get along without the use of his intelligence."

"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

"They say that we are better educated than our parents' generation. What they mean is that we go to school longer. It is not the same thing."

"The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules."

"The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks."

"I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations."

"Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave.

"When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course."