Quotes About Learning

You can't learn a science unless you know what it's all about.

Dying's an art, and at our age we ought to be learning it. It helps to have seen someone who really knew how. Helen knew how to die because she knew how to live—to live now and here and for the greater glory of God. And that necessarily entails dying to there and then and tomorrow and one's own miserable little self.

Et pourtant, nulle part on n'enseigne aux enfants une méthode systématique pour faire le départ entre le vrai et le faux, une affirmation sensée et une autre qui ne l'est pas. Pourquoi ? Parce que leurs aînés, même dans les pays démocratiques, ne veulent pas qu'ils reçoivent ce genre d'instruction.

It's a library; only the stupid and the evil are afraid of those

I thought that maybe what had happened had been for the best. The part of me which made the mistake with the buck, letting it get the better of me for a moment, might still be around if that acid test hadn't found it out. The incompetent or misguided general had been dismissed.

It is cruel that we are granted the desire to know, but denied the time to do so properly. We all die frustrated; it is the greatest lesson we have to learn.

Yo tengo una teoría: el exceso de conocimiento desequilibra la mente. Se hace un esfuerzo tan grande para adquirir conocimientos que no queda espacio para el sentido común. De La cuarta verdad

We are the civilized world, you and I. A few dozen people, with our learning. As long as we continue to stroll through my garden arm in arm, civilization will continue.

I'm a slow learner. It's true. But I learn , I can't deny it.

Every now and then, quite unintentionally, someone taught you something about yourself.

Life is messy, everybody makes mistakes because we're all fucking stupid

And it interests him less to have the world reinvented; he wants it explained.

If someone where playing tennis you wouldn't walk onto the court and begin to have a conversion with them, likewise I think reading is at least as important as a game of tennis.

Ci si misura rapportandosi agli altri, non esiste alternativa. Di quando in quando, in modo assolutamente involontario, arriva qualcuno e ti insegna qualcosa sul tuo conto.

He speaks in a quiet, breathy tone, exaggeratedly slow. Where do we learn such tricks? Are they inscribed, along with the rest of our emotional repertoire? Or do we get them from the movies? He says, "Look, there's this problem out there"—he gestures to the window—"and all I wanted from you was your support and help.

He had never learned anything new at a meeting.

Raised bookless on computer toys, sugar, fat and smacks to the head.

Those who can, do; those who can't learn classification and cataloguing.

On the other hand, these events show real science in action, warts and all. If no one is allowed to get things wrong, no progress will ever be made. It also illustrates scientists' willingness to change their minds when new evidence comes along or old evidence is shown to be misleading.

Britain would work its influence gently, so as not to chafe the fragile American ego—Churchill informed his war cabinet that the Americans "were not above learning from us, provided that we did not set out to teach them.

Now climb, young grasshopper, so your Kung Fu won't be weak.

If you're really hard up, I can introduce you to my grandmother. She's a fan." Adam blinked. "She doesn't typically sleep with pretty young things, but she would make an exception in your case. You might even learn a trick or two.

She can tell you the height of the attacker from the trigonometry of the blood spatter, while I'm fuzzy on what trigonometry is.

Doode, George said. He'd practiced all morning but still didn't get it quite right. Nope, more u , less oo . Duuude. Dude. Dude. Okay, dude. George nodded. How's it hanging? Jack asked. How am I supposed to answer that? George looked at him. I don't think Kaldar said anything about that. I guess 'good'? I don't get it. What's hanging anyway? George shook his head. Your stuff, you nimwit. His stuff... Oh. Ha! In that case, it's hanging long! Jack dissolved in giggles. Long, get it?