62 Quotes by Geoffrey Canada

People talk about Wall Street greed, but one of the things many people don't understand is that there are a lot of organizations that have been the recipient of largess from the same Wall Street.

If you are a lousy teacher, you should be fired.

I want my kids to graduate from high school. But that's not enough. I also want them to go to college. Why? Because rich people's kids go to college. And if that's good enough for them, it's good enough for my kids. Because you know what? College graduates don't tend to go to jail as frequently as nongraduates.

My own faith was nurtured by my grandmother and her clinging deeply to her faith when she was dying a painful and slow death from cancer.

It's just becoming more acceptable for girls to react violently.

Lots of boys pick strong messages about who they are and who they want to be from the media.

When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks.

My contract with my teachers is fair, and is two pages. The union contract is 200 pages. You cannot manage your business when you cannot make any decision without going back to 200 pages worth of stuff.

Good dental care doesn't make you a good student, but if your tooth hurts, it's hard to be a good student.