Quotes About Learning

Learning is the gateway to adventure.

You've got to do a lot of research. That's the biggest thing: I try to gather as much information as I can to maximize myself. Because if you're just standing still, you're going to be a dinosaur and everyone else will go around you. That's like my biggest fear.

I actually feel most at home when I find people who make me feel really dumb, who are brilliant at their particular things. And then I gather these people, put them in a room, and watch incredible things come out of it.

I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic.

I wasn't that good at science, and I gave up on math long before I should have. I like to think if I were in school today that would be different.

If I can't find anything good, I am just going to have to get my butt in gear and start learning how to do everything.

Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log on!

I've been trying to think of things to tell my kids, something that I could pass down, and it's like, gee whiz, I maybe never learned anything that didn't contradict itself.

I was such a geek in school.

I am a geek. I am always in books.

Deep down inside, I'm a science geek.

I'm not very good at action games in general and find most action games to be hard.

And sometimes when you're a general manager for the first time, you're going to make some mistakes. The key is, did you learn from those mistakes?

Optimizing return on capital will generate less growth than optimizing return on education.

I was a TV junkie as a kid. I am the Sesame Street generation.

Generational disinterest in education means that too many young children lack the push from their parents in early years which can make the difference between success and failure in schools.

The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.

I think it is so important to pass down knowledge and information to younger generations.

Our country has a rich history and so diversified, which should be acknowledged by the younger generations.

You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite.

The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.

I don't think I'm a genius. Not yet.

I think I've learned more about Baroque music than any other genre.

If a show is good, it helps people learn about themselves in some way and in some function. Whatever the genre is, if it's executed well, audiences grow and learn from it, and that's where their passion and enthusiasm comes from.