Learning Quotes
“Most sailing ships take what they call trainees, who pay to be part of the crew. The Picton Castle takes people who are absolutely raw recruits. But you can't just ride along. You're learning to steer the ship, navigation you're pulling lines, keeping a lookout in the galley you're cooking.”
“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