Learning Quotes
“Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them.”
“Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.”
-- Leon Trotsky
“I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting.”
-- Norton Juster
“After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather.”
-- John Hartford
“I'm getting to a point where everything is becoming streamlined in my life. I'm learning how to stand onstage for two hours and play in front of thousands of people as if I am completely in the moment every moment.”
-- John Mayer
“I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things.”
-- Jonathan Safran Foer