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.”
“I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.”
-- Shimon Peres
“Learning can take place in the backyard if there is a human being there who cares about the child. Before learning computers, children should learn to read first. They should sit around the dinner table and hear what their parents have to say and think.”
-- Dixie Carter
“The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.”
-- Tony Robbins
“I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.”
-- Brian Eno
“The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
“Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points.”
-- Percival Lowell