Learning Quotes

“Students who are interested in learning about the environment should not be dissuaded from doing so, but only if they have proved their proficiency in other basic courses, such as U.S. history. Until then, we need to focus on producing well-educated citizens steeped in their country's history and mindful of their civic responsibilities.”

-- George Nethercutt

“I think Lenat is headed in the right direction, but someone needs to include a knowledge base about learning.”

-- Marvin Minsky

“Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture.”

-- Albert J. Nock

“While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.”

-- Leonardo da Vinci

“It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

-- John Wooden

“I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.”

-- Halle Berry

“No man is the wiser for his learning it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon but wit and wisdom are born with a man.”

-- John Selden

“Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.”

-- Warren G. Bennis

“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.”

-- Anthony J. D'Angelo

“Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one.”

-- Lord Chesterfield