Quotes About Learning

I never even held a guitar until I was 23 and living in California, but then loved it. I'm really not an accomplished instrumentalist. Maybe that has something to do with why I write and sing.

I don't own a helicopter because I want someone to bring me places quickly. I own it because it's an incredible machine that I like to fly and learn about. I like the complexity of it.

I speak a little bit of French and German, but apparently, I'm really bad at Dutch. The pronunciations are quite hard. I tried to say 'hello' in Dutch, and it did not work. People were just like, 'What?'

Even wrestling, now, I wear the helmet all the time. I'm not going to make that mistake again ever in my life.

An effective leader does four things: listen, learn, help, and lead.

I discovered early in my career as an entrepreneur that I'm not good at many things, and I said 'I need help.'

I feel like I've experienced a lot to learn my own game but also to be able to help others as well.

Definitely working on 'Deal or No Deal' was a learning experience, and it helped me to understand what I would rather be doing.

Education, for me, has helped me in my music.

Not being dogmatic has helped me become a better stock-picker.

I believe that every role that I have done this far has had quality and content. My roles have been very demanding and every role has been a challenge and a learning experience that has helped me mature as an actress.

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well.

I didn't cook that much as a kid. My mother was cooking, and I was her helper. We made dishes together.

At the end of the day, I think having some life experience is helpful to play any kind of music.

Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me.

I know with Gary Ross especially, he kind of gave me pointers here and there, but he kind of let me become firm in any way that I needed, and he just let me try things and to explore what I can do with my acting. So that was very helpful.

One of the great books I read was by Sanford Meissner on acting. I found that really helpful for me as an actress.

I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.

It's helpful to get feedback on your work, and I think you learn a lot from reading other people's work and giving them feedback.

History can be helpful in making sense of the world we live in. It can also be fascinating, even fun.

It's really helpful when you do something you don't like. You won't make that mistake again. It's like dating a bunch of people who are wrong for you - you learn so much more about yourself that way.

Education is very important to me, as is helping children.

You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy.

Competition helps people figure it out.