Learning Quotes
“My teachers helped guide and motivate me but the responsibility of learning was left with me, an approach to learning which was later reinforced by my experiences at Amherst.”
-- Joseph Stiglitz
“When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.”
-- Lillian Smith
“The problem for me is that I've never actually studied photography, so it's quite a steep learning curve. Cameras these days do so much for you automatically but I still think there's a point where you should actually know the technical side.”
-- Graeme Le Saux
“In the past, I had my idols but today I enjoy learning from all the soccer I watch.”
-- Andres Iniesta
“He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.”
-- Confucius
“And I like asking questions, to keep learning people with big egos might not want to look unsure.”
-- Heston Blumenthal
“Again, the American people expect us to do what they are doing. It's tightening the belt, it's learning how to do more with less. That's a reality today, and we've got to do that in order to get the private sector growing.”
-- Eric Cantor
“I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.”
-- Queen Latifah
“I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.”
-- Lionel Hampton
“By learning about my body and making small, subtle changes, I find out what I enjoy and what is effective. I'm always finessing: adjusting my diet and my workouts. You have to figure out which exercises are fun and interesting and stimulate your brain - or else you'll never keep at them.”
-- Lisa Edelstein
“An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.”
-- William Labov