Learning Quotes
“I always found the extraordinary loss of life in the First World War very moving. I remember learning about it as a very young child, as an eight- or nine-year-old, asking my teachers what poppies were for. Every year the teachers would suddenly wear these red paper flowers in their lapels, and I would say 'What does that mean?'”
“I know what I like when I see it, but no way have I ever become interested in learning about it.”
-- Timothy Spall
“Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children.”
-- Michael Gove
“When I was 8 years old, I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school.”
-- Jet Li
“Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do.”
-- Joe Flanigan
“I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.”
-- Maria Mitchell