Quotes About Learning

Remembering the words of Ranko, her first teacher, the toothpick jutting out from the side of his mouth, his fiery red, stalklike hair—a scarecrow whose hair caught fire, as he once described himself.

All Children Have Brain Damage!

As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally, so did my brother. My mother did not put all her eggs in one basket, so to speak: she gave me a younger brother named Russell, who taught me what was meant by survival of the fittest.

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I had it perfect the first time but I had to lose it to know it.

I studied every thing but never topped.. But today the toppers of the best universities are my employees - Bill Gates

It's the main thing I do in my life. I read and I chew glasses. That's my job. -- WSJ interview, 9/10/19

I'm glad I've invested all that time learning about electricity. For one thing, it was a great father-son activity. (Seriously.)

Failure is not the opposite of success. It's a stepping stone to success.

If you're a serious-minded leader, you will read.

I hate stupidity, but what I hate even more is when people actually brag about it.

Stupidity is not another way of knowing things.

If we are humble, we are open to new ideas and new ways of seeing things. Open-mindedness is a very important part of humility. We don't know it all. There is still more we can learn. And maybe even more important, some we need to unlearn.

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Why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous. ---Hobbes

Ms. Wormwood: Calvin, can you tell us what Lewis and Clark did? Calvin: No, but I can recite the secret superhero origin of each member of Captain Napalm's Thermonuclear League of Liberty. Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.

I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.

Careful. We don't want to learn from this.

At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you'll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.

Miss Wormwood: Calvin, your test was an absolute disgrace! It's obvious you haven't read any of the material. Our first president was not Chef Boy-Ar-Dee and you ought to be ashamed to have turned in such preposterous answers! Calvin: I just don't test well.

Calvin: As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever. You've taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations.

I should be doing my homework now. But the way I look at it, playing in the snow is a lot more important. Out here I'm learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life. - Such as? - Procrastination and rationalization.

Calvin: I read this library book you got me. Calvin's Mom: What did you think of it? Calvin: It really made me see things differently. It's given me a lot to think about. Calvin's Mom: I'm glad you enjoyed it. Calvin: It's complicating my life. Don't get me any more.

Calvin: I'm being educated against my will! My rights are being trampled! Hobbes: Is it a right to remain ignorant? Calvin: I don't know, but I refuse to find out!