"Owing to the shape of a bell curve, the education system is geared to the mean. Unfortunately, that kind of education is virtually calculated to bore and alienate gifted minds. But instead of making e..."
- Christopher Langan
"Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself."
- Edward Gibbon
"In mathematics, in physics, people are concerned with what you say, not with your certification. But in order to speak about social reality, you must have the proper credentials, particularly if you d..."
- Noam Chomsky