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Learning Quotes

"In any of the arts, you never stop learning."

"In any of the arts, you never stop learning."

Claire Bloom, British Actress

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"I'm still learning, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don't know."

"I'm still learning, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don't know."

Lena Horne, American Actress

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"It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory."

"It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory."

Douglass North, American Economist

Learning, Chess, First, Job, Theory

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"Every opportunity I got, I took it as a learning experience."

"Every opportunity I got, I took it as a learning experience."

Satya Nadella, Indian Business Leader

Learning, Opportunity, Experience, Chance

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"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship."

"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

Learning, Storms

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"If you want to make progress, put up with being perceived as ignorant or naive in worldly matters, don't aspire to a reputation for sagacity. If you do impress others as somebody, don't altogether believe it. You have to realize, it isn't easy to keep your will in agreement with nature, as well as externals. Caring about the one inevitably means you are going to shortchange the other."

"If you want to make progress, put up with being perceived as ignorant or naive in worldly matters, don't aspire to a reputation for sagacity. If you do impress others as somebody, don't altogether believe it. You have to realize, it isn't easy to keep your will in agreement with nature, as well as externals. Caring about the one inevitably means you are going to shortchange the other."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Learning, Progress, Perception, Knowledge, Wisdom

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"For a highly motivated learner, it's not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made it not secret. It just made knowledge easy to find. If you're a motivated enough learner, books are pretty good."

"For a highly motivated learner, it's not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made it not secret. It just made knowledge easy to find. If you're a motivated enough learner, books are pretty good."

Bill Gates, American Businessman

Learning, Internet, Knowledge, Books

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"Each day is the scholar of yesterday."

"Each day is the scholar of yesterday."

Publilius Syrus, Roman Writer

Learning, Day, Yesterday

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"There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume."

"There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

Learning, Mystery, Nothing

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"It isn't what the book costs. It's what it will cost you if you don't read it."

"It isn't what the book costs. It's what it will cost you if you don't read it."

Jim Rohn, American Businessman

Learning, Books, Cost, Values, Knowledge

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"That which is given free is never knowledge. It may be information....but knowledge does not come in that manner."

"That which is given free is never knowledge. It may be information....but knowledge does not come in that manner."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Learning, Knowledge, Information, Truth

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"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."

"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."

Bill Gates, American Businessman

Learning, Success, People, Thinking

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"It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning."

"It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning."

Drew Barrymore, American Actress

Learning, Listening, Want

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"Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning."

"Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning."

Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch Scientist

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"What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning."

"What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning."

Chuck Grassley, American Politician

Learning, May, School, World

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"The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner."

"The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Learning, Teaching, Knowledge, Growth

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"The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication."

"The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication."

Theodore Sturgeon, American Writer

Learning, First, Writing

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"Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own."

"Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

Learning, Wisdom, Knowledge, Experience

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"One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try."

"One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Learning, Action, Knowledge, Practice

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"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."

"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Learning, Experience, Fools, School, Will

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"Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated."

"Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

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"Learning lines is on my mind until I do know them. I'll read the paper or paint the house to keep from starting to memorize. I've never found an easy way."

"Learning lines is on my mind until I do know them. I'll read the paper or paint the house to keep from starting to memorize. I've never found an easy way."

Paul Lynde, American Comedian

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"I never found accents difficult, after learning languages."

"I never found accents difficult, after learning languages."

Vivien Leigh, English Actress

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"My entire learning process is slow, because I have no visual memory."

"My entire learning process is slow, because I have no visual memory."

Georg Solti, Hungarian Musician

Learning, Memory

39

"I've finally learnt how to say, "No comment". To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a steep one at that. You had better learn quick or you get burnt."

"I've finally learnt how to say, "No comment". To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a steep one at that. You had better learn quick or you get burnt."

Ben Affleck, American Actor

Learning, Quick

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"I've seen how you can't learn anything when you're trying to look like the smartest person in the room."

"I've seen how you can't learn anything when you're trying to look like the smartest person in the room."

Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

Learning, Humility, Ego, Wisdom

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"You can always learn to do more than you can at any point in your life."

"You can always learn to do more than you can at any point in your life."

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, Swedish Businessman

Learning, Potential, Improvement, Effort

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"Books swept me away, this way and that, one after the other; I made endless vows according to their lights for I believed them."

"Books swept me away, this way and that, one after the other; I made endless vows according to their lights for I believed them."

Annie Dillard, American Author

Learning, Reading, Passion, Commitment

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"A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin."

"A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin."

George Herbert, British Poet

Learning, Man, Memory

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"Even though Raster Blaster was only a video game, I was learning about designing stuff. I got good at drawing."

"Even though Raster Blaster was only a video game, I was learning about designing stuff. I got good at drawing."

Bill Budge, American Businessman

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"The training comes to us with the benefit of what has gone before."

"The training comes to us with the benefit of what has gone before."

Linda M. Godwin, American Astronaut

Learning, Training

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"Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning."

"Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning."

Donald Rumsfeld, American Politician

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"I've never stopped learning."

"I've never stopped learning."

Mick Taylor, English Musician

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"Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind."

"Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Learning, Nothing, Wind, Words

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"Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote."

"Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote."

Edward Young, English Poet

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"Much can be gained be contrasting a theory with its alternatives, even ones that look too extreme to be true. You can really understand something when you know what it is not."

"Much can be gained be contrasting a theory with its alternatives, even ones that look too extreme to be true. You can really understand something when you know what it is not."

Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist

Learning, Knowledge, Contrast, Understanding

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"Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard."

"Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard."

George Lucas, American Director

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"We'll go back to the moon by not learning anything new."

"We'll go back to the moon by not learning anything new."

Burt Rutan, American Scientist

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"I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession."

"I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession."

Halle Berry, American Actress

Learning, Privacy, Profession

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"The failures and successes are necessary for learning."

"The failures and successes are necessary for learning."

Wynonna Judd, American Musician

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"There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise."

"There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise."

Roger Ascham, English Writer

Learning, Praise, Will, Wit

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"I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy."

"I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy."

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Activist

Learning, Books, School, Discovery

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"I enjoy learning technical details."

"I enjoy learning technical details."

Ken Follett, Welsh Author

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"Don't torture yourself over the past. Use it as a teacher. Whatever happened to you in the past, has only prepared you for now."

"Don't torture yourself over the past. Use it as a teacher. Whatever happened to you in the past, has only prepared you for now."

Robert Tew, American Writer

Learning, Past, Teacher, Growth, Now

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"When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it."

"When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it."

Theodore Sturgeon, American Writer

Learning, Study

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"Openness to change is key to implementing new knowledge. That is why one who is indifferent to change is not a friend of knowledge."

"Openness to change is key to implementing new knowledge. That is why one who is indifferent to change is not a friend of knowledge."

Eraldo Banovac, Croatian Scientist

Learning, Change, Knowledge, Openness, Friendship

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"Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty."

"Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Learning, Poverty

37

"To get answers, ask questions; but to get good answers, ask good questions."

"To get answers, ask questions; but to get good answers, ask good questions."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Learning, Questions, Answers, Inquiry, Wisdom

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"To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it - this is a hard lesson."

"To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it - this is a hard lesson."

Bruce Catton, American Historian

Learning, May, World

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"I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function."

"I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function."

Brian Eno, British Musician

Learning, Trouble

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