Geoffrey Canada Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“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 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.”

“Movies portray men as tough guys.”

“Teachers need to be paid like professionals.”

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

“The tendency in lots of large organizations is to try and find a comfortable place where you think you can get measured rewards for measured work.”

“There's not a day that goes by that I don't draw on my undergraduate background in psychology.”

“I believe that for lots of churches and religious institutions, their main focus on the development of faith among parishioners needs to spread to the community.”

“Young people will tell you, if you're not prepared to write the most violent, the most misogynistic, the most horrible kinds of rhymes and scenarios, you are not going to get air play.”