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?'”
“It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.”
-- Edward Sapir
“You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I'm learning.”
-- Diahann Carroll
“As you get older, you're always maturing, you're always learning something new about yourself.”
-- Troy Vincent
“That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.”
-- Jackson Browne