Quotes About Learning

I listened; I wrote; I learned. I do not know why so many women trusted me enough to speak to me, but underneath anything I write one can hear the percussive sound of their heartbeats. If one has to pick one kind of pedagogy over all others, I pick listening. It breaks down prejudices and stereotypes; it widens self-imposed limits; it takes one into another's life, her hard times and, if there is any, her joy too.

It's not as if there's an empty patch that one can see and so one can say, 'There's my ignorance; it's about ten by ten and a dozen feet high and someday someone will fill in the empty patch.

Es ist wie eine mathematische Gleichung, aber niemand lernt sie in der Schule auswendig; sie wird nicht deutlich auf die Tafel geschrieben. Es ist Algebra für Mädchen, aber niemand bringt sie dir bei. Du wirst zu Fall gebracht oder niedergeworfen, und du lernst selber. Keine Mutter der Welt kann es ertragen, es dir zu erklären.

Only theory can turn a heap of facts into a tower of knowledge

It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.

A child doesn't have to be a prodigy. The only thing that matters is that he should't become 'stuck' in childishness

A child doesn't have to be a prodigy. He has to be a child. The only thing that matters is that he shouldn't become 'stuck' in childishness.

Today is my second-last lecture of the course. I don't think much of these students, I must say. They're a dim lot.

I was committing the most amateurish of errors—escalating my wagers in an attempt to get even—but

That was the second thing—understanding what Mrs. Granger had said.

Reading is a practice; good reading is a highly sophisticated practice. The practice has to be learnt.

The good was good and the bad was the beginning of wisdom. (Electric Brae)

He developed a particularly annoying way of ignoring the teaching during the term and then coming top in the examination.

A Pragmatic Programmer takes charge of his or her own career, and isn't afraid to admit ignorance or error.

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. • Benjamin Franklin

Over the years, you'll be amazed at how your experience has blossomed and your skills have grown.

Prototyping is a learning experience. Its value lies not in the code produced, but in the lessons learned. That's really the point of prototyping.

expiring assets.[3] Your knowledge becomes out of date as new techniques, languages, and environments are developed.

The process of learning will expand your thinking, opening you to new possibilities and new ways of doing things.

Like the craftsman, expect to add to your toolbox regularly. Always be on the lookout for better ways of doing things.

When an estimate turns out wrong, don't just shrug and walk away. Find out why it differed from your guess. Maybe you chose some parameters that didn't match the reality of the problem. Maybe your model was wrong. Whatever the reason, take some time to uncover what happened. If you do, your next estimate will be better.

Gain familiarity with the shell, and you'll find your productivity soaring.

there are many out-of-the-way things it is as well to know, but one should never boast of them.

One's skill is never complete, one's knowledge is forever lacking, one's taste is invariably altered, one's opinion ever subject to controversy. There is a complete and constant urge towards improvement.