"Yeah, I’m a thrill seeker, but crikey, education’s the most important thing." ― Steve Irwin Topic(s): Education More From Steve Irwin "My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people’s sacred status, regardless of the pest." "You know, I’m Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other." "You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it’ll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it’s not even funny." More In Education "Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense."― James Madison "Unfortunately, the real achievements of children on the ground became debased and devalued because Labor education secretaries sounded like Soviet commissars praising the tractor production figures when we know that those exams were not the rock-solid measures of achievement that children deserve."― Michael Gove "My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education."― Renee Fleming