Quotes About Learning

Nobody is smart enough to be wrong all the time.

I was fantastically well versed by the time I left school. I had a teacher who put A Clockwork Orange my way, and Catcher in the Rye.

Why? is the boy's motto, why does, why is, why not? Food, weather, time, fires, sea and season, clothes and cars and people; it's all grist to the mill of why.

I was playing violin for a long time, about 6 years. It takes a while. You need very patient people in your house when you have a violin.

I want to spend my time at colleges and universities.

When you get older, you're running out of time. You care more about trying to stay on the planet a little longer, so you can learn how to draw better!

I wanted to stay hooked because it was the first time I've been part of the tradition where forgetting was just fine. You do it, you try, you forget, you fail.

My first appearance, the first time I try anything, invariably is not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly.

I've sort of gotten into the habit of looking for the vulnerable guy, the guy who makes mistakes, the guy who can't figure things out all the time but keeps at it.

You're not going to be a 1.000 hitter all the time. You're going to be more wrong than right. You just have to correct your errors as quickly, as economically, as possible.

I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.

My dad and I played music. He teaches me a song or two every time I'm home.

By the time I entered this prestigious high school, my interest in formal education had already been exhausted.

Every day is just a time to learn about yourself and learn about the world and that's how I feel all the time.

I wouldn't change being married. It was good for me, and I was happy for a period of time, and I learned a lot about myself.

When you pick a career like acting, it's challenging, but it's a lesson every time you put yourself out there. I wouldn't change it for the world - I love what I learn every single day.

I did take one drawing class in school, but for this book I spent a lot of time talking to painters and asking them silly questions.

Trying a case a second time is like eating yesterday morning's oatmeal.

If you ever have to make a choice between learning and inspiration, choose learning. It works most of the time.

The only road to good shows is bad ones. Just go start having a bad time, and if you don't give up, you will get better.

If children gave up when they fell for the first time, they would never learn to walk.

It's fun to be almost grown up in some ways, but it's not the kind of fun I expected, Marilla. There's so much to learn and do and think that there isn't time for big words.

A long time ago, I had an idea to make a book for preschoolers who had older siblings who were going to school.

Most of the time, I don't watch classics with anybody. I have to be by myself. That's my classroom.