“I spent a lot of time in the school psychologist's office. I didn't apply myself. My mother thought I had learning disabilities.”
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.
“I think people are learning to actually aspire to be objectified.”
“I spent a lot of time in the school psychologist's office. I didn't apply myself. My mother thought I had learning disabilities.”
“No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.”
“It is always good to explore the stuff you don't agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn't know.”
“Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.”
“There is no royal road to learning no short cut to the acquirement of any art.”
“Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about.”
“That's what we need nowadays, is more children that have goals other than being a sports figure or some kind of celebrity. I think it's great that a kid wants to learn more and wants to be at the peak of learning, especially at that young.”
“This life is a process of learning.”
“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance one cannot fly into flying.”
“All are agreed, that the increase of learning and good morals are great blessings to society.”
“When I was 8 years old, I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school.”
“If people are made to feel uncomfortable in the kitchen, they won't go in there. That's why I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing.”
“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”
“Much learning shows how little mortals know much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.”
“I can't do the same movies all my life. I'm conscious of that. But it's a trade-off. 'Dear John' allowed me to do movies I've wanted to do. You learn to balance it out. I'm still learning. Only now am I getting to do the kinds of movies that I have wanted to do. So it's a steady climb. You don't jump into a Soderbergh film.”