Quotes About Learning

College was a wonderful time - except, of course, when it was trying to teach you things.

I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players.

We buy them (books) as our budget allows. But eighth grade has four trade books (individual-title books), and you have time to do more than that during the school year.

Why do they call it research if I've only done it this one time?

as imperfect human beings, any of us, all of us, are subject at some time or another to make mistakes!

... to paint with oil paints for the first time ... is like trying to make something exquisitely accurate and microscopically clear out of mud pies with boxing gloves on.

Instruments fascinate me because they're completely awkward. When I picked up a guitar for the first time I was like, "What is this?" because it's so foreign and unknown.

When I have the time at home, I'll practice three or four hours a day. I have to. And I'm a late starter; I started at age 17 and at age 51 I'm still learning.

We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons.

It's nothing to be ashamed of. There comes a time in everything when you don't know something.

Time is a great teacher, Who can live without hope?

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help.

I am still studying verbs and the mystery of how they connect nouns. I am more suspicious of adjectives than at any other time in all my born days.

Well I had a musical background, but I still didn't know a lot about drums at the time.

The more you read, the more you realize there are fascinating books to be read and so little time to do so.

From the time I started school, it was clear to everyone that I wasn't learning at the same pace as other kids.

One of my passions is that children enjoy their time at school - and reading for pleasure can be an important part of that.

As a young kid, I spent a lot of time exploring the world around me.

I've been playing these schoolgirl roles in all my movies. Every time I went to the set, it felt like I was going to school.

The audience might not be the size of Facebook, but how much time can you spend online and think, 'What did I just learn?

I'm always learning from experiences because each one is different and there are different players involved in the project at the time with their own way of doing things

Every breakup is an opportunity to do it right the next time.

Parents spend a lot of time talking over kids. My son went through a vocabulary burst as I was writing The Bear. I thought, What if I just stopped and listened?

Take some time and educate your mind, in the long run I'm sure you're fine.