Quotes About Learning

Dr. [Richard] Bentley's son reading a novel, the Doctor said, "Why read a book which you cannot quote?"

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.

You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

Books are not men—

There was a child went forth every day,And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became.

View every day as a school day and every relationship as an opportunity to learn. There is no such thing as an accidental encounter. Each person you meet has been sent by God for your edification.

Few things are as essential as education.

In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated.

If you've told a child a thousand times and he still doesn't understand, then it is not the child who is a slow learner.

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

Life is a school of probability.

This is a very simple Rule, but one to which there should be no exception — never to go beyond your own experience.

Jesus knew what we numb ones must always learn again: (a) that weeping must be real because endings are real; and (b) that weeping permits newness. His weeping permits the kingdom to come. Such weeping is a radical criticism, a fearful dismantling because it means the end of all machismo; weeping is something kings rarely do without losing their thrones. Yet the loss of thrones is precisely what is called for in radical criticism.

Culture is not a plant sprouting from its seed in isolation; it is a continuous process of learning guided by curiosity along with practical needs and interests. It grows especially from a willingness to learn from what is 'other', what is strange and foreign.

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.

Walter Cronkite "Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.

I know well that only the rarest kind of best can be good enough for the young.

Reading is not optional.

We're suggesting that [kids are] missing something if they don't read but, actually, we're condemning kids to a lesser life. If you had a sick patient, you would not try to entice them to take their medicine. You would tell them, 'Take this or you're going to die.' We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant.

You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.