96 Movie Quotes about Education (+ Sound Clips) - page 6

Updated: May 6, 2026

Memorable quotes about education, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

51 Man has always learned from the past. After all, you can't learn history in reverse. It's confusing enough, for heaven's sakes.

Junius Matthews as Archimedes in The Sword in the Stone (1963)

52 Knowledge and wisdom is the real power. -Right you are, Wart. So, stick to your schooling, boy.

Karl Swenson as Merlin; Rickie Sorensen as Arthur in The Sword in the Stone (1963)

53 I said to entertain him, not to educate him.

Quote from Rock-a-Doodle

54 Quiet! We're indoctrinating! Ist you all indoctrinated? -Jawohl.

Quote from Stalag 17 (1953)

55 You've got a good education. You're very popular with all those friends of yours. You make a nice living. And everybody knows you're a good-looking kid. But, Peter, you're a putz.

Jack Warden as Saul Tuttle in While You Were Sleeping (1995)

56 My school is a model of discipline. Use the rod, beat the child, that's my motto. -Terrific motto.

Pam Ferris as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda (1996)

57 Why teach at all? Why teach anything to anyone? It doesn't make you rich. It doesn't get you girls.

Dylan Walsh as Peter Elliott in Congo (1995)

58 There's an inherent generosity in the human spirit. One of its faces is the face of the teacher.

Dylan Walsh as Peter Elliott in Congo (1995)

59 That's how I get my education. Just seeing things and always watching out for ninjas.

Quote from Shogun Assassin (1980)

60 Ka-bam! Elimination. Lack of education.

Pearl Bailey as Big Mama in The Fox and the Hound (1981)