Quotes About Learning

Simple idea with powerful consequences: everyone who intersects your life knows something you don't.

I think it's always great to not be the smartest person in the room because I don't want to ever feel like I can't improve upon what I'm doing. I just want to surround myself with people that are better actors than me and better singers and dancers and see what happens.

I've said this before, but after 'That '70s Show' ended, I solely wanted do films that inspire me, and to work with people who make me better. I wanted to just surround myself with people who I think are better than I am, whether they're actors or directors or producers, so that I could learn from them.

I pay a lot of attention to the people I let surround me. I learn something from those people and from everyone - from other musicians, from people on the street.

You always have to surround yourself with people that are more knowledgeable than you or are better at certain skill sets than you are, so they pull you up.

It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.

You learn as much as you can from the people that you work with. That's why you want to surround yourself with the heaviest people that you can possibly get to.

I think the only way you learn is to surround yourself with people that are better than you.

Get the screens out of your room and surround yourself with books.

It's OK to not have all the answers, and in fact, the more extraordinary people you are able to surround yourself with, the better you will become.

When you are surrounded by children, the child in you comes back.

It's always been very important for me to be surrounded by people. It's never been enough for me to be successful alone. I want to be around people my own age who are also doing things I can learn from.

I believe that I've improved a lot as a player and a person, because being surrounded by great players on a daily basis helps your development out on the pitch.

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.

I've been surrounded by some of the best economic minds in the country, and hopefully I've absorbed some of that.

I like being surrounded by students and intellectuals.

I'm used to being surrounded by really smart 22-year-old students who have no problem saying that something I suggested is not a very good idea.

I remember going to a monastery library when I was very young and being surrounded by ancient books. I fell in love.

It's inspiring being surrounded by people who do more than you. It makes you want to do better. You're in the position to learn from the best.

Without even knowing why, we believe that to learn how to be human - which we have many years to do, for human beings have longer childhoods than any other species, a feature that to biologists and philosophers alike is one of our race's distinguishing characteristics - children must be surrounded by animal imagery.

I was always surrounded by people that wanted to mentor you.

All I learned in Barcelona was about being surrounded by stars, by the best in the world.

My goal is to be surrounded by books.

I've been lucky to be surrounded by some good hockey minds.