Quotes About Learning

They tell you that at his age, all they do is eat, sleep, and poop. And what I've learned is they can actually do all three at the same time. Who knew?

But do you know how old I will be by the time I learn to really play the piano / act / paint / write a decent play?" Yes . . . the same age you will be if you don't.

By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one.

Everything is a learning process: any time you fall over, it's just teaching you to stand up the next time.

I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very handy later on.

If I was born again, I would be able to do any sport because I would have time to learn.

It is in the small things we see it. The child's first step, as awesome as an earthquake. The first time you rode a bike, wallowing up the sidewalk.

I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and recreates the experience of people at that time.

I got kicked out in grade school because I staged a riot because I wanted more library time.

Most of the time I believe in letting kids go ahead and make their own mistakes - maybe even get a little hurt - and learn from them.

Just taking the time to look at children and understand them is what everyone needs.

I read books all the time, I'm always reading. I'm not like somebody that reads really fast or a lot or anything, but I always have a book that I'm reading.

Stage time, stage time, stage time.

Read. Read. Read. Read. Read great books. Read poetry, history, biography. Read the novels that have stood the test of time. And read closely.

The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary.

So little time we live in Time, And we learn all so painfully, That we may spare this hour's term To practice for Eternity.

Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.

There is so much to teach, and the time goes so fast.

But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation.

Even the best planning is not so omniscient as to get it right the first time.

I always imagined that I would learn something each time that I would take to a new project, then I realized that each new project poses a completely different challenge.

It's difficult to act in a language that's not your own. It takes a long time to put your head around it and feel confident with it.

It seems as though every time you learn something new you have to give up something.

When introduced at the wrong time or place, good logic may be the worst enemy of good teaching.