George Lopez

That experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

Let us not think of education only in terms of its costs, but rather in terms of the infinite potential of the human mind that can be realized through education. Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.

Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.

[On his donation of $100 million to UCLA in 2012 adding to the $200 million he donated in 2002] The cost of a world-class medical education should not deter our future innovators, doctors and scientists from the path they hope to pursue. We need the students at this world-class institution to be driven by determination and the desire to do their best work and not by the fear of crushing debt. I hope in doing this that others will be inspired to do the same.

The biggest little thing for entrepreneurs is the lifelong commitment to education.

School reports were always pretty bad. I never ever did my homework. I always turned up for lessons as I liked my teachers but my report said I didn’t try very hard.

Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education.

Education not just preparation for life, but part if life itself-a continuous art.

To learn, you have to listen. To improve, you have to try.

One of the things that make community colleges so special is they do not pick and choose their students – they work with all students.

Education – lifelong education for everyone – from toddlers to workers well advanced in their careers – is indeed an excellent investment for individuals and society as a whole.

All of life is a constant education.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

I’ve seen with my own students, community colleges offer an affordable route to four-year college degrees and good paying jobs.