Subject: Education » Learning (Page 2)

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.


I think I’m really learning a lot from my creative writing classes; the entire experience is just indescribable.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Every instructor assumes that you have nothing else to do except study for that instructor’s course.

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.

(1880 – ?) American author

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

What men learn from history is that men do not learn from history.

The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.

(1797 – 1856) German critic & poet

You're looking at a very proud Canadian who is very proud of the educational system in Canadia…

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

I never could make out what those damned dots meant.

(1911 – 1968) British politician & son of Prime Minister Winston Churchill

Ah, well… we live and learn, or, anyway, we live.

(1884 – 1949) American humorist & literary critic

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

(1882 – 1950) American attorney, politician, liberal activist & actor

Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you wanted.

(1918 – 2002) advice columnist

The best classroom of all times was about two car lengths behind Juan Manuel Fangio.

(1929 – ) English race car driver

It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snowblower or vacuum cleaner.

I took a positive thinking course… it was shit.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

The specialist learns more and more about less and less until, finally, he knows everything about nothing; whereas the generalist learns less and less about more and more until, finally, he knows nothing about everything.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

You live and learn… at any rate, you live.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

Dad taught me everything I know; unfortunately, he didn’t teach me everything he knows.

(1962 – ) American race car driver

Every child has a right to go to high school and end up with a third grade education.

(1927 – 1997) Am. comedian & satirist notable for mock presidential campaign

Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your mouth is moving.