Learning Quotes
“We wanted to solve robot problems and needed some vision, action, reasoning, planning, and so forth. We even used some structural learning, such as was being explored by Patrick Winston.”
-- Marvin Minsky
“People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.”
-- Francis Bacon
“Imitation is being rewarded. They're learning that if you fit right in the mold, you get rewarded. Music is no longer a form of expression - it's a means to a lifestyle.”
-- Mike Watt
“I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.”
-- Oren Peli
“Travel provided many interesting experiences, but perhaps the most useful lesson I learned was that I really had no proficiency for learning the thousands of characters of the written Chinese language.”
-- Eric Allin Cornell
“A lot of what I've been learning in the last two years is due to therapy - about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven't worked. It isn't anything to do with anybody else it's to do with me.”
-- Boy George
“In the United States, we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great progress in small increments. Learning to play music does all this and more.”
-- Linda Ronstadt
“Good education means learning to read, write and most importantly learn how to learn so that you can be whatever you want to be when you grow up.”
-- Patty Murray
“Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.”
-- Lord Mountbatten
“I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.”
-- Paul Prudhomme
“When we think about online learning, it's such 'early days.' Bill Gates is a wildly smart insightful guy. Yet, even a guy as smart and insightful as that, 30 years ago can say things like,'Who's every going to need more than 640K of memory?'”
-- Reed Hastings