Quotes About Learning

Wisdom in hindsight is, after all, our only exact science.

As I was coming up, it always seemed like I was learning. If it wasn't from school, it was the 'hood. The influences of the 'hood are very powerful.

But, I think it's great to be able to work with established directors, and then also first-timers. I feel like you learn from both of them, but then you can go and share your knowledge with each of them. That's really fantastic!

I just want to work forever. I absolutely love what I'm doing. I learn all the time from all these amazing artists.

You need to learn how to walk the world, he told me. There's a lot out there.

She saw our young minds as bright, spiky sunflowers in need of light, and arranged us as close to the TV as possible to maximize our exposure.

Read more than you write, live more than you read

Tenía un interés tal en la educación que cualquier conocimiento nuevo, por arcano o trivial que fuera, lo llevaba a la luna.

From what I saw the plurality of students and faculty had been educated exclusively in the tradition of writers like William Gaddis...

As far as knowledge goes I've come a long way.

If I have a theological virtue, it is curiosity or inquisitiveness.

Zander was always sneaking off to the library to get more books ... Guy would read anything. Said books were more interesting than people.

The secret to living a fulfilling life is to never stop learning and growing. Keep pushing yourself to new heights.

No experience is wasted.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

The greatest reverence is due the young.

All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.

Confucius said: "A man who is really wise knows what he knows and also knows what he does not know.

History is experience. If you do not know the past, you will be lost in the future.

Purposeful practice is all about putting a bunch of baby steps together to reach a longer-term goal.

Measurement, it's probably fair to say, is the cornerstone of knowledge.

Libraries are the granary of the spirit, without which we could not survive the siege.

The past would be useful if you could use it like that, as a place where you could bury dead bodies, shovelling this convenient loss of memory into the grave to cover up their faces. That's not what the past was for, though. It was where the present went to rot down, so you could use it to grow the future. He smiled; nice piece of imagery, but it was too glib to fool anyone.

Gignomai took a book off the top of the pile, glanced at the spine (Caecilius on Prosody) and opened it. It began with a beautiful illuminated letter B and went downhill from there.