Learning Quotes

“Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.”

-- Carl Clinton Van Doren

“There is no royal road to learning no short cut to the acquirement of any art.”

-- Anthony Trollope

“I was not good in school. I could never read very fast or very well. I got tested for learning disabilities, for dyslexia. Then I got put on Ritalin and Dexedrine. I took those starting in the eighth grade. As soon as they pumped that drug into me, it would focus me right in.”

-- Channing Tatum

“Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age.”

-- Robert Martin

“I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.”

-- Laura Linney

“I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.”

-- Natalie Portman

“Our country has had a hard time learning that lesson with energy.”

-- Mac Thornberry

“Each year has been so robust with problems and successes and learning experiences and human experienes that a year is a lifetime at Apple. So this has been ten lifetimes.”

-- Steve Jobs

“I enjoy learning technical details.”

-- Ken Follett

“I really hope that we'll have a sustainable future on this planet, I really do. So I probably geek out mostly about learning more about how potentially we can hopefully make that happen, hopefully we're not too far lost.”

-- Ellen Page