Quotes About Learning

I wasn't a very good student. I prefer to learn by experience.

Too many people don't do things for fear of falling. You'll never get good unless you fall. Experiences and new accomplishments are feelings we should never lose.

I.B.M. was my college education, effectively. They were very good at teaching you management.

There's a very close tie between good health and good education.

I was always a very good student.

I wouldn't be a very good writer if someone hadn't taught me how to read.

If you want to be changed, read a good book.

When I was 14 or 15, a camp counselor told me I was smart. I had never been very good in school, but he told me once that I was smart but my mind operated a little differently.

I've learned, having been on a lot of sets, the good news is that by definition you are surrounded by experts. They get fired if they're not - unlike in the theatre!

A bad day can tell you more about yourself than a good day.

All reading is good reading. And all reading of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens is sublime reading.

I tried ice-skating and wasn't very good at it.

We learn from our mistakes, we do some reflection, we lick our wounds, we brush ourselves off - then we go forward, with the presumption of good faith in our fellow citizens.

I'm not a good enough musician to like completely master something in a couple of days and turn it around.

... good teachers, like Tolstoy's happy families, are alike everywhere.

A good teacher is someone who can help you to get back to a teacher within.

One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.

There are two ways to look at most problems... 'Oh Crap!' or, 'Good Information!,' and our choice will give us good information on how to deal with problems in the future.

The last thing we need to do, relating to teachers, is the key to a good education in this country is a strong teacher. I would have a minimum wage for all our teachers, $40,000 per year.

I used to play violin, but I wasn't very good! I'm starting to learn guitar.

I began as a weatherman and I learned very quickly I wasn't very good at it.

I'm not very good in a classroom sort of setting. I never was. I was kind of a clown in high school - got suspended a lot.

Girls aren't very good at keeping maps in their brains", said Edmund, "That's because we've got something in them", replied Lucy.

Adversity is a good school.