Bill Vaughn

That experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make.

As precious as knowledge itself is the learning. As precious as any reward is the earning.

When I was in college I did a lot of stupid things and I don’t want to make an excuse for that. Some of the things that people accuse me of are true, some of them aren’t. There are pranks, IMs.

Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.

Women who are interested in pursuing bachelor’s and master’s degrees – especially in STEM fields – benefit from starting at a community college. They offer an affordable education, with flexible schedules and degrees close to home.

I grew up in a working-class neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago where most folks, including my parents, didn’t have college degrees. But with a lot of hard work – and a lot of financial aid – I had the chance to attend Princeton and Harvard Law School, and that gave me the confidence to pursue my ambitions.

The more you learn the more you realize how much you don’t know.

An educated person, I think, is one who not only knows a lot, but knows how to do a lot of things.

… because in the United States of America, no one should go broke because they chose to go to college.

We are now embarked on another venture to put the American dream to work in meeting the new demands of a new day. Once again we must start where men would improve their society have always known they must begin – with an educational system restudied, reinforced, and revitalized.

Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field!

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the highest return.

I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.

Tomorrow’s illiterate will not be the man who can’t read, he will be the man who has not learned how to learn.

Because of the flexibility that community colleges afford, many students do not have to choose between an education and fulfilling other responsibilities – they can do both.