Quotes About Learning

There are great people everywhere, and there are all kinds of exceptions to any generalizations, and it was a huge privilege for me to get to learn that.

I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great.

Ye great teachers: listen to what you say!

I have great confidence in human curiosity - even though I don't know what curiosity is from a biological point of view. One of its characteristics has got to be the willingness to explore.

[Phil Wood] was a great artist, and he knew things. He could be mildly conversant in several languages.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.

I have two rules for a great book: make me think and make me smile.

One of my great laments is that education today seems to have... be less about passion and more about process, more about tactic or technique.

You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.

I went through a phase of reading lots of Urdu poetry, thanks to the great transliterated versions that have become available.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

You just have to have the guidance to lead you in the direction until you can do it yourself.

The simplest kind of guidance (critique) comes every day, and many times a day in the form of discomfort.

A true leader is not someone who feels fully informed but someone who continuously receives insight and guidance.

Asking for other's guidance helps you see what you may not be able to see. It's always important to check your ego and ask for help.

When you're seventeen years old, green and inexperienced, you're grateful for any guidance and direction you can get.

Develop a mentor at each stage of your career - someone who will give you guidance and advice.

I spend a lot of time looking up.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts

Happiness can be thought, taught and caught... but not bought.

When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness.

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.