“Born in England during the First World War, of Belgian parents with pa...” — Christian de Duve Quote

“Born in England during the First World War, of Belgian parents with partly German roots, I grew up in the cosmopolitan city of Antwerp, where I had the benefit of a classical education taught in the two national languages of Belgium: French and Dutch.”

“Although attracted by the humanities, I had chosen medicine as a career, seduced by the image of the 'man in white' dispensing care and solace to the suffering. But science was lurking around the corner, in the form of an unpaid student assistantship in the laboratory of physiology.”

“As U.S. secretary of Education, I will ensure that my department, as directed by the president, creates a best practices clearinghouse that removes the silos in education, collects innovative, solutions-oriented approaches and shares them with schools everywhere.”

“Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.”

“The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories.”