Volusia County Schools Quotes

To educate the peasantry, three things are needed: schools, schools and schools. ~ Leo Tolstoy

County supervisors relented only after losing their case in the U.S. Supreme Court, choosing finally to reopen the schools rather than face imprisonment. ~ Isabel Wilkerson

The people of one county can not be indifferent to the welfare of the people in another county. ~ Thomas Jordan Jarvis

AFSCME stands for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. ~ Judy Woodruff

Ministers of the Gospel are excluded [from serving as Visitors of the county Elementary Schools] to avoid jealousy from the other sects, were the public education committed to the ministers of a particular one; and with more reason than in the case of their exclusion from the legislative and executive functions. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I am a lineman for the county. ~ Glen Campbell

It's time to update traditional public schools, charter schools, home schools, online schools and parochial schools. Let the dollars follow the child instead of forcing the child to follow the dollars, so that every child has the opportunity to attain an education. ~ Bobby Jindal

In the younger days of the Republic there lived in the county of - two men, who were admitted on all hands to be the very best men In the county; which, in the Georgia vocabulary, means they could flog any other two men in the county. ~ Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

Bloom County was set in a tidy, rural environment probably because of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' ~ Berkeley Breathed

Sweetwater County, Tennessee. Population 5,000. Where your heart and home belong. Lisa Mortan would soon see if the county motto scribbled on their sign was true. It had been a long drive from ~ Ciara Knight

I couldn't become a policeman, so being county prosecutor is the next best thing. ~ Robert P. McCulloch

I beg you do not vote for stills and open bar-rooms in the county. ~ Thomas Jordan Jarvis

People in Indiana like to see their politicians at the county fair or the Rotary Club. ~ Richard Mourdock

Barbara Mitchell of the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner's Office and F. James Gregris, former deputy coroner of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, were ~ Martin J. Smith

I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit. ~ Travis Barker

Plays which are universal tempt me. 'August: Osage County' is a play which is relevant to the urban Indian set up. ~ Lillete Dubey

This kind of certainty comes but once in a lifetime. ~ Robert Kincaid Bridges Of Madison County

Most American elementary schools and high schools, and nearly all colleges and universities, teach everything that is significant from a liberal/Left perspective. ~ Dennis Prager

More than 10,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County have been rejected by some machine without any opportunity for a human being to take a look. That is just not right. ~ Patricia Ireland

If I had the energy, I would have done it all over the county. ~ Edward Hopper

My dad was an FBI agent. My mom and dad were straight arrow types, and I had a conservative, suburban Orange County upbringing. ~ Steve Breen

I have chosen to seek election to the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors and not reelection to Congress. ~ Gloria Negrete McLeod

I opened an office in Terre Haute, established eight of them, and became one of the eight county agents. ~ Orville Redenbacher

Every male citizen of the commonwealth, liable to taxes or to militia duty in any county, shall have a right to vote for representatives for that county to the legislature. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Sevier County is a great area. ~ Dolly Parton

If we continue on the present course, with big foundations and the federal government investing heavily in opening more charter schools, the result is predictable. Charter schools in urban centers will enroll the motivated children of the poor, while the regular public schools will become schools of last resort for those who never applied or were rejected. ~ Diane Ravitch

Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives, who were invaluable to me. ~ Nancy McKeon

The beginning of 1856 found me teaching in the family of a planter named Bryan, residing in Prince George County, Md., some fifteen or twenty miles from Washington. ~ Simon Newcomb

Grammar schools are public schools without the sodomy. ~ Tony Parsons

In this county, we had to walk, eat, sleep and love in fear. ~ Herta Muller

Buckmester County was in a time warp. ~ Monika Barbara Potocki

I have absolutely no confidence in the Ferguson police, the county prosecutor. ~ William Lacy Clay, Jr.

I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paintsville. ~ Chris Stapleton

As the son of a union activist and a lifelong Democrat, I've always thought that privatizing our public schools is not the answer. We must strengthen public schools. ~ Eli Broad

I ... [proposed] three distinct grades of education, reaching all classes. 1. Elementary schools for all children generally, rich and poor. 2. Colleges for a middle degree of instruction, calculated for the common purposes of life and such as should be desirable for all who were in easy circumstances. And 3d. an ultimate grade for teaching the sciences generally and in their highest degree ... The expenses of [the elementary] schools should be borne by the inhabitants of the county, every one in proportion to his general tax-rate. This would throw on wealth the education of the poor. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I am not against Muslim schools. But as I believe in integration, I think we would be better off overall if we did not have denominational schools at all. ~ Frank Dobson

In my native Boulder County, Colorado, the fracking fanatics are out in force. They are marching door-to-door, petitions and mythology in hand, and they are storming city council and county commissioner meetings. ~ Bob Beauprez

For a moment people set down their glasses in county clubs and speak-easies and thought of their old best dreams. ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

Look, the whole world wants to modernize, and when you look to what they mean by modernizing, they mean Americanize. Would a modern Greek prefer to live in Orange County than Piraeus? Yes. Absolutely. ~ Rupert Murdoch

It sometimes seems as though we were trying to combine the ideal of no schools at all with the democratic ideal of schools for everybody by having schools without education. ~ Robert M. Hutchins

(When Alabama seceded from the Union on January 11, 1861, Winston County seceded from Alabama, and every child in Maycomb County knew it.) North Alabama was full of Liquor Interests, Big Mules, steel companies, Republicans, professors, and other persons of no background. ~ Harper Lee

Let any stranger find mee so pleasant a county, such good way, large heath, three such places as Norwich, Yar. and Lin. in any county of England, and I'll bee once again a vagabond to visit them. ~ Thomas Browne

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was. ~ Will Rogers

Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorney, and of course the school board. ~ Jello Biafra

Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools. ~ Maggie Gallagher

Never try to make Americans or foreigners feel at home - had they wished to feel at home, they would have remained in their own county. ~ Rose Henniker Heaton

In this way, some film schools can be destructive. ~ Richard King

With more than 1,300 sites of care, VA operates the largest integrated health care system in the county. ~ Bob Filner

I came down to Orange because I sold the Smothers Brothers a song called 'Chocolate,' and that gave me enough money to move down here. I was washing windows down in Orange County when they called me up and said they wanted me to do their TV show. ~ Pat Paulsen

My two primary areas of focus have been open-space conservation and education, and I expect those to remain my priorities in the future. The Irvine open space and parklands provide serenity and balance to our unique Orange County lifestyle. ~ Donald Bren

Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they are very very limiting. ~ Marc Newson

As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Apparently almost anyone can do a better job of educating children than our so-called 'educators' in the public schools. Children who are home-schooled by their parents also score higher on tests than children educated in the public schools ... Successful education shows what is possible, whether in charter schools, private schools, military schools or home-schooling. The challenge is to provide more escape hatches from failing public schools, not only to help those students who escape, but also to force these institutions to get their act together before losing more students and jobs. ~ Thomas Sowell

As with public hospitals, better public schools are likely to emerge when local teachers and parents have more say over how their schools are run. It's especially important to give parents a direct say in the running of schools rather than just an advisory role. Even ~ Tony Abbott

When Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio cracked down on illegal immigration without getting permission from Obama, they threatened to revoke his 287(g) status. When Sheriff Joe refused to balk, they filed suit against him with a frivolous civil rights claim. ~ Russell Pearce

I like the beaches in Orange County the best. I think Orange County has great beaches. Everything from Dana Point to Newport to Laguna; all over the place. ~ Mark Hoppus

Square cuts which ordinarily would have flashed to the boundary earned only two, and I believe that those two innings would have been worth 150 apiece in a county match. ~ Frank Woolley

I would rather have my fate in the hands of 23 representative citizens of the county than in the hands of a politically appointed judge. ~ Robert M. Morgenthau

Right now many schools have no recess. Most schools have no PE. ~ Richard Simmons

I am deeply grateful for all the friendships that I have all across this district, especially here in Ithaca. Ithacas a wonderful place. Im very proud to be the person who represents the city and some of Tompkins County. ~ Maurice Hinchey

Everyone town of 100,000 in the United States should have a Classical Theater supported by the town, or the state of the county, or the Federal Government, as they have in every civilized country. ~ Tony Randall

I did a show called 'Wonderland' a few years back, and I was fortunate enough to spend a full-on two weeks - I'm talking 13-15 hours a day - with the doctors and patients at Bellevue in New York. That served me well for 'Durham County.' ~ Michelle Forbes

As somebody who wanted to be creative, growing up, I remember always thinking that the thing I had going against me was Orange County because it seemed like all of the comedy was coming out of New York, and it still is, to a certain extent. ~ Mitchell Hurwitz

Somerset is the first proper country county you come to in the West, which isn't dependent on London and isn't full of commuters. Somerset is full of the most fantastically interesting people. ~ Charles Hazlewood

The single problem plaguing all students in all schools everywhere is the crisis of disconnection. Meaningful Student Involvement happens when the roles of students are actively re-aligned from being the passive recipients of schools to becoming active partners throughout the educational process. ~ Adam Fletcher

When the Lord calls me home, whenever that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this county of ours and eternal optimism for its future. ~ Ronald Reagan

Development in this county is always going to be an issue. Until development and zoning are handled on a regional basis, rather than each municipality left to its own devices, we will suffer from developers having the upper hand in suits and in front of zoning boards. ~ John Murray

I wasn't going to great schools, because my parents didn't believe in public education. They wanted the education to be influenced by their religion, so I was going to these halfway education-slash-Christian schools that were like pop-up shop-style education. ~ Katy Perry

Autumn in the country advances in a predictable path, taking its place among the unyielding rhythms of the passing seasons. It follows the summer harvest, ushering in cooler nights, and shorter days, enveloping all of Lanark County in a spectacular riot of colour. Brilliant hues of yellow, orange and red exclaim, in no uncertain terms, that these are the trees where maple syrup legends are born. ~ Arlene Stafford-Wilson

I like boys. I am not foreign; I was born and raised in Hickory County, Mo. ~ Sally Rand

I grew up in Orange County, without a team. I never affiliated myself with the Chargers, south of me, or the Raiders, north of me. I've always followed the Dallas Cowboys. I've been a huge fan since the early '90s. ~ Stephen Colletti

Take it from this Lanark County kid - you won't find any better, more flavourful syrup, than from the Maple Syrup Capital of Ontario ~ Arlene Stafford-Wilson

I want to see more sports in schools. ~ Saina Nehwal

My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county. ~ Catherine Helen Spence

The trouble is not that schools don't work; they do. They're excellent machines for achieving historically accepted purposes. In suburban schools are children of the rich, who grow up to privilege and anesthetic oblivion to pain - and who then use the servants produced by ghetto schools. ~ Jonathan Kozol

I couldn't go to school with whites. Now there are schools that educate everyone. ~ Joe Frazier

His first two clients were the last two persons hanged in the Maycomb County jail. Atticus had urged them to accept the state's generosity in allowing them to plead Guilty to second-degree murder and escape with their lives, but they were Haverfords, in Maycomb County a name synonymous with jackass. ~ Harper Lee

Most people understand that Lehman Brothers didn't collapse because Gordon Brown built too many schools and hospitals. ~ Douglas Alexander

Before the eighth grade, I probably went to seven or eight different schools. ~ Jeremy London

Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified. ~ Maggie Gallagher

Mexico needs schools, rural development, and an independent judiciary, not high-tech weaponry. ~ Stephen Kinzer

If any mayor reduced school funding by 33 percent and called it the 'Strengthening Our Schools Initiative,' I think they'd be excoriated. ~ Martin O'Malley

Since the Court took God our of our schools, we've gotten exactly what we should expect: godless schools. ~ Norman Geisler

Standardized state tests are a scam! The educational system is rigged. It is set up to where the wealthy schools, get all of the state funding. The poverty-stricken schools, don't get enough funding due to standardized tests scores. See my point? ~ Mary Sage Nguyen

I'd like to work on putting art programs back in schools. ~ Chaka Khan

Today's Schools are not Tomorrows Schools. That's a fundamental misconception. ~ David Lange

The need for improved technical support in schools has expanded as the Government and schools have increased their investment in information and communications technologies. ~ Estelle Morris

A graduate can be academically excellent but morally and spiritually bankrupt. We need to consider these dimensions in education as well. ~ John Eidsmoe

I was born and raised during Depression Years when we were on County relief and we all went out and we hustled. we worked. I worked in a restaurant, I washed dishes. ~ Liberace

All schools will end up using game metrics in the future. ~ Nolan Bushnell

You pass the old L.A. County jail, which is surprisingly beautiful. It's got a handsome stone facade and stately columns. The new L.A. County jail - called The Twin Towers - isn't beautiful at all; it's a stucco panopticon the color of sick flesh. ~ Leslie Jamison

When our schools fail to teach our children what they should know, other schools take their place and teach different lessons, which we may not like. ~ Anand Neelakantan

The actual flower is the plant's highest fulfilment, and are not here exclusively for herbaria, county floras and plant geography: they are here first of all for delight. ~ John Ruskin

I'm for prayer in schools. ~ Charles Evers

I have lived in Cornwall from the age of 4, so I have always been aware of the artistic heritage that the county has. I feel very proud to be able to connect to this. ~ John Dyer

My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born, in Jay County, to have a college degree. She was educated as a pianist and she wanted to concertize, but when the war came she was married, had a family, so she started teaching. ~ Twyla Tharp

Education stems from the desire to learn. With that, you don't need schools. Without it, all the schools in the UNIVERSE are useless. ~ Gene Brewer

What teachers do actually matters. Their ideas count. They are agents for change in our schools. ~ Denny Taylor

There is a lot going on in high schools, and I think what we portray is fairly accurate. ~ Chi McBride

In the United States, you might say every county has got its own separate system. There's not even one kind of ballot that you use all over the United States. We require that in a foreign country. ~ Jimmy Carter