Learning & Education: Learning Quotes

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"I never went to college when I was young and am looking forward to giving it a try... at age 65!"

Martin Sheen, Actor

"The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies"

Koichi Tanaka, Scientist

"Well, until this very day, I'm still learning"

Dennis Brown, Musician

"But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all"

Gary Sinise, Actor

"It's the way to educate your eyes. Stare. Pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long"

Walker Evans, Photographer

"The British system had requirements, including Latin. I'm not positive you ever had to know Greek, but there are certainly kinds of curricula where you had to know Greek too. I think in Britain there was the most mindless, repetitive sort of learning"

William Scott, Writer

"A good education is another name for happiness"

Ann Plato, Writer

"You get ideas from other people all the time"

Jared Harris, Actor

"If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives"

David Riesman, Sociologist

"We really teach ourselves. If you want to learn, you will always find someone to learn from, be they dead or alive, great or unknown. You learn from everything you see and hear around you - if you are willing to pay attention"

Alexander Volkov, Writer

"The grinding of the intellect is for most people as painful as a dentist's drill"

Leonard Woolf, Author

"The great thing about university is that they incline you to get up and do it, from the Classics to modern plays, to the humor that Monty Python's made popular"

Michael York, Actor

"I think a college education is important, no matter what you do in life"

Phil Mickelson, Athlete

"I think you always learn something in every character you play onstage, either personally or creatively"

Jared Harris, Actor

"We really shouldn't be running education like a supermarket where you compare prices"

Shirley Williams, Politician

"The more you do, the more experience you have, and the next time it will be easier to choose the right thing"

Andy Lau, Actor

"Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics"

Aaron Klug, Physicist

"I love to be directed, and I can glean something from almost anyone"

Swoosie Kurtz, Actress

"In every character I play, I try to imbibe something. Every film is a learning process for me"

Ajay Naidu, Actor

"I had had a classical education prior to that"

Skitch Henderson, Musician

"Before you can read, you know the difference between a story and reality. And, of course, by the time you're old enough to do any real damage with an Uzi, you've learned that difference"

Penn Jillette, Entertainer

"Learn avidly. Question repeatedly what you have learned. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently"

Edward Cocker, Author

"I think education is one of the greatest tools for most kids not only to expand their book knowledge, but their ability to experience new things - I think it opens more doors than any other experience I can think of"

Will Estes, Actor

"I was a kid, and I wasn't even sure if I wanted to play the drums, you know? All I wanted to do was skateboard, but I was still learning and taking it in, so it was good"

Travis Barker, Musician

"The one thing you've got to say about Columbia is that it has courses that are famous. It has alumni who come back and say it was the best thing they ever did"

William Scott, Writer

"I learn something in the interviews from time to time"

Samantha Bee, Comedian

"I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn out to be terribly good actors, and I've seen people with no education in the field turn out to be people that I admire quite a bit"

Ron Silver, Actor

"I was a precocious reader"

Norman Spinrad, Author

"Acting school was summer camp, and I needed concentration camp. I had so many different ideas swirling between culture and how to tie things together"

Ajay Naidu, Actor

"I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German"

Martina Hingis, Athlete

"No matter who you are or what you plan to do in life, learn to type!"

Liz Smith, Journalist

"I wil not compare the education of an ancient Spartan with that of a British nobleman"

Thomas Day, Author

"It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them to have private tutors"

John Sergeant Wise, Author

"I had to gain experience, as I did not have a technical education"

Mikhail Kalashnikov, Inventor

"Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor"

Donovan Bailey, Athlete

"I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it"

Joshua Lederberg, Scientist

"I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities"

Joshua Lederberg, Scientist

"Everybody has to learn for the first time"

Joshua Lederberg, Scientist

"Belief gets in the way of learning"

Jeremy Collier, Clergyman

"It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really a concern to me before that, because I was involved in reading Chinese history, or languages, or whatever"

Ron Silver, Actor

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