Quotes About Learning

I read a lot of 'Spark Notes' in high school.

I do much less sparring and always with the purpose of working on something in particular.

I am a failed architect, if I'm honest. I got a degree in art history and was about to get another degree, in architecture, but realized I would be terrible at building things because I've got really bad spatial awareness.

I speak Italian and a little bit of French. I moved to Trento, Italy, when I was around 10 to learn Italian. I have family there. I'm trying to restart my French. And then I want to get into Mandarin.

I speak Spanish to my children and they speak it better than me.

I want to speak seventeen languages. When you think like that, you'll be consumed by failure. I'm haunted daily by what I don't know.

How do I speak Spanish? Not too well.

I didn't speak English when I had my first job in motorsports.

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

I want to speak Spanish fluently; that's on my bucket list.

I don't speak any other languages, which I'm kind of ashamed about, actually.

My grandfather died before I was born, so I never had the chance to speak with him about his father. But I learned about him from books.

I kick myself that I don't speak Irish. Ah, man, I'd love to. I am going to learn.

England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages!

I never got formal training in music. I would just sit with my ear to the speaker and my hand on the needle. I'd listen to Wanda Jackson and think, 'How did she do that?,' and lift the needle and try it myself.

It's hard when you're not a native speaker, because everyone's laughing, and you're like, 'What was that? Can you tell me again?'

You're not going to become a great manager overnight. You're not going to become a great public speaker or figure out how to raise money. These are the things you want to start the clock on as early as possible.

All the English speakers, or almost all, have difficulties with the gender of words.

If I have a bunch of computer lingo that I have no idea what I'm speaking about, I really need to know what I'm talking about.

Me and my cousin, most of the time we worked on radios and fixed them. I guess we started because I was curious to understand how radios work. When I was little, I used to think there were small people inside. Most of the time, I was just trying to see the people who are speaking in the radio.

I think I know it all, relatively speaking.

Writing and speaking and communicating, it's something important to me, and something I want to get better at.

Speaking as a father, there is no rulebook, and you don't know how to do it. You just do the best you can.

Sarah Paulson is the most prepared and professional actor I've had the privilege of working with. I learned so much about preparation and attention to detail and speaking up when something is not right.