“The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.”
Learning does not stop when school ends — if anything, that is when it really begins. These quotes celebrate curiosity, growth, the discomfort of being a beginner, and the deep satisfaction of understanding something that confused you yesterday.
“Learning without thought is labor lost thought without learning is perilous.”
“The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.”
“I've always loved music, but I never really played anything. After 'Walk the Line' and learning to play guitar, and having that sense of performing, I think that certainly opened the door for me, for music.”
“I learned the value of hard work by working hard.”
“Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read.”
“By keeping my hand in that, it's the way I keep learning. The main way you learn in medicine is by practicing and working with patients.”
“I brought a Border Collie back home to Vancouver from Wales - where some of my ancestors are from - and needed to challenge him in other ways than just being my pet. So I investigated sheep herding and took a few lessons, and decided I was probably learning more than my dog!”
“There's no media training. In cooking school, there's not even manager training. You learn the fundamentals of cooking. Everything else is learning by doing.”
“Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.”
“If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something.”
“During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities.”
“Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.”
“If you look at the opening of 'Private Ryan,' you are so in the point of view of those guys and there is a whole world swirling all around them. You are learning that geography as they are learning it.”
“For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant to be played on guitar. Ever. They were intended mostly for keyboards or melodic percussion.”
“I'd love to go to fashion week! I'm learning more about designers, thanks to 'Pretty Little Liars'' costume designer, Mandi Line.”
“I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.”