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“I said to myself, 'You're a man from a humble background, what you didn't learn in school, you'll learn now. Catch up.'”
Max Schmeling (1905–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The ‘Romeo and Juliet’ story, we’re so past that. I have a very deep respect for art, but I also think we have a lot to learn from pop culture. And that is the future. Either you can ignore it and be stuck in the past, or you can learn from it.”
Danny Tidwell (1984–2020) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: La Rocco Claudia. "TV Viewers Discover Dance, and the Debate Is Joined", The New York Times, September 21, 2007
“Most important, you learn never to trust a man, even if he seems honest and sincere. You learn how men deceive themselves and how impossible it is to help them without injuring yourself.”
Jack Abbott (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For us scientists, on the other wing, life is not quite so simple. Because we learn the unknown. Unlike, hah-hah, our esteemed friends the philosophers, who learn the unknowable.”
Ken MacLeod (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn.”
Henry S. Haskins (1875–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a pioneer swimmer, you've got to be willing to fail and try again. The point isn’t to learn to fail, the point is to learn to bounce back.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we are to have peace, we must learn loyalty to a larger group. And before we can learn loyalty, the thing to which we are to be loyal must be created.”
Kenneth Waltz (1924–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’ve directed a fair amount of stuff in the past, such as music videos, commercials and short films and I believe that the best way to learn in this industry – I mean, you can go to film school and that’s good – but ultimately, the only way you’re ever going to learn is through raw experience.”
Olly Blackburn (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As it is not by the methods of the laboratory that we learn to know life, so it is not by the methods of the intellect that we learn to know God.”
Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While growing your management skill...you set out to learn more about business. To grow yourself as a leader is a human thing. For that you must set out to learn more about humans, and yourself.”
Kent Thiry (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Management is a business skill; you can study it and learn about it. Leadership is a human skill; to become a better leader you need to learn more about humans, starting with yourself.”
Kent Thiry (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just give me a reason, Just a little bit's enough. Just a second we're not broken just bent And we can learn to love again. It's in the stars; It's been written in the scars on our hearts. We're not broken just bent, And we can learn to love again.”
Pink (singer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Although we all make mistakes in life, the problems occur when we try to hide our mistakes, to cover them up rather than to learn from them and allow other people to learn from them.”
Ben Carson (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.”
Nicholas Sparks (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I tell Ryan that God gave him a brother like Miles so that Ryan could learn that anything is possible and that he can be good at anything. And I tell Miles that God gave him Ryan so that Miles could learn patience and persistence and how to overcome challeges.”
Nicholas Sparks (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Learn some things from those who know; Watch some things from those who do; Learn other things by self experience.”
“Every winter I am here sometimes for two or four months. These are my roots, this is where I feel I must come to grow and learn as an artist. I must always come back to the guru to learn and grow more as a musician. There is no question of going anywhere and forgetting where I came from because that would be like losing my identity.”
Zakir Hussain (musician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My mother, a woman, told me this, and I’ll tell you, mijo, that you will learn who you are and who you aren’t in the next four or five years, because not to learn who you are and who you aren’t in the next few years, my mother said, is to be missing the most important part of your whole life.”
Victor Villaseñor (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm a friend of the children. No one should see them as pitiable subjects. People often relate childish behaviour to stupidity or foolishness. This needs to change. I want to level the playing field where I can learn from children. I can learn transparency from children. They're innocent and straightforward.”
Kailash Satyarthi (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every revolution in history has been accomplished by actions, al-though words are necessary. We must create shields that protect us and spears that penetrate our enemies. Black people must learn how to struggle by struggling. We must learn by our mistakes.”
Assata Shakur (1947–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If there's four Vietcong in a village with knives and punji sticks, we'll bring in a B-52. And I think, sometimes we need to learn to fight smarter instead of to fight richer. And this is what I mean, you know, education, "oh, education's expensive;" no it's not, books are cheap, (the) internet's cheap, we can fight smarter, we can learn. So, that's where resource-to-kill-ratio comes from.”
Max Brooks (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Someday Westerners will learn that what matters about a government is what it does, and what doesn't matter is the race, creed, color, sexual preference, or country of origin of its employees. Unfortunately, I suspect we may have to learn it the hard way.”
Curtis Yarvin (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Geraldine Doogue: I'm intrigued by Anita saying she had to learn about systems. You had to learn about the sociology of systems and structural change, and that was obviously quite a journey for you.”
Anita Sarkeesian (born 1983) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How to Be a Feminist" panel (March 8, 2015), All About Women Festival 2015, Sydney, Australia, @32:12
“If you're a child of store owners, if you're brought up in a store, you learn good manners. You have to be genial, well-liked. You're not going to sell a customer if you're rude. You also get with different age groups, and different types of people. So be respectful. Being respectful is very important. You have to learn this.”
Gay Talese (born 1932) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In an interview with David L. Ulin to - Gay Talese talks with David L. Ulin (October 15, 2010)
“I love the experiences I’m having with amazing actors. The more you learn, the more you realize how much more you have to learn. But I love the position I’m in right now. I’m at school. That’s how I feel in this profession: I’m in kindergarten.”
Sofia Boutella (born 1982) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sofia Boutella Is the Best New Action Star of 2017". GQ. 5 December 2017.
“Love is the Law of God. You live that you may learn to love. You love that you may learn to live. No other lesson is required of Man.”
Mikha'il Na'ima (1889–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have done some films along the way that have been screwed up and not as good as they read. Some films that are not that good on the page turn into good movies. So I’m fallible is what I’m saying. It’s OK to be wrong. You learn from your wrongs. You don’t learn from being right. If you’re right, you already know it. If you’re wrong, it’s because you don’t know about it, and you made a mistake.”
Martin Landau (1928–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“..learn to draw: that's where most of you [Troyon's pupils] are falling down today.. ..draw with all your might; you can never learn to much. However, don't neglect painting, go to the country from time to time and make studies and above all develop them.”
Constant Troyon (1810–1865) first seen 1859 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted by Monet, in his letter to Boudin, 1859; as quoted in Discovering Art, – The life time and work of the World's greatest Artists, MONET; K.E. Sullivan, Brockhamptonpress, London 2004, p. 11
“Look out world take a good look What comes down here You must learn this lesson fast And learn it well This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway Oh no, this is the road to Hell”
Chris Rea (1951–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“learn how to learn, the ability to make rational judgments, and they are able to express their democratic rights and freedom.”
Sukavich Rangsitpol (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In order to survive in this interconnected global village we must learn and learn very quickly to respect others who are different from us and, ultimately, to grant to others the autonomy we demand for ourselves. In short, celebrate difference and banish hatred.”
Gerda Lerner (1920–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Eventually, you will learn for the right reasons; to begin with, it is only necessary that you learn at all.”
Steve Perry (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don't worry about your talent or capability: that will grow as you practice. […] If you want to write a novel, write a novel. If it's essays you want or short stories, write them. In the process of writing them, you will learn how. You can have the confidence that you will gradually acquire the technique and craft you need. […] We learn writing by doing it. That simple.”
Natalie Goldberg (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Learn this, son: in the new nest you have to leave an egg. When I aged you, you will learn to live, you will know that the children are leaving you, that they do not thank you for anything; They eat until your memory.”
Juan Rulfo (1917–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we go to the white man for school, we will learn the way the white man wants us to learn. We will come back and build the country the white man wants us to build. One that continues to serve them. We will never be free.”
“As I researched, I ran into this very interesting thing where autism seems to display differently in women than in men ... women have learned to mask their autism, and they learn to copy their peers, and they learn to mimic…”
Helen Hoang (born 1982) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On what she discovered while researching autism (in part to better understand herself) for her novel The Bride Test in “In Helen Hoang's Novels, Autism Is No Bar To Love And Happiness” in NPR (2019 May 5)
“in all of my books, you see disease and people grappling with disease. But disease itself is something that always has a name. It's something that characters learn to face forthrightly. And it's something that they eventually learn to live with. And those were very good lessons, not just for the writing of this book, but for living in our current moment. (NPR, 2022)”
Hanya Yanagihara (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Exchange information, learn to speak sensibly about any subject, learn to express your thoughts, accept new ones, examine them, analyze. Think objectively. Think toward the future.”
Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The White Dragon (1978)
“It seems to me that before a man has any right to pose as a reformer he must do two things: first, he must learn the truth of things as they are, and look facts in the face; and secondly, he must learn how things were, and how they have come to be as they are.”
Augustus Jessopp (1823–1914) first seen 1886 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: {{cite journal|title=The Little Ones and the Land|journal=The Nineteenth Century|date=January 1886|volume=19|
“I am a musician, not a psychologist or sociologist. If I can do that, anybody in here can do that. Take the time to sit down and talk with your adversaries. You will learn something and they will learn something from you. When two enemies are talking, they are not fighting. They are talking. It's when the talking ceases that the ground becomes fertile for violence. So keep the conversation going.”
Daryl Davis (born 1958) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies. | Daryl Davis | TEDxNaperville", YouTube, 8 December 2017.
“Learn math the way you'd learn anything, like riding a bicycle. Stay on that bicycle. Fall off that bicycle. Do it as long as necessary, until you have mastery. The traditional model, it penalizes you for experimentation and failure, but it does not expect mastery. We encourage you to experiment. We encourage you to fail. But we do expect mastery.”
“I can't now say what it was that originally drew me to performing, because it's very possible that at 6 it was just that I wanted people to be looking at me and paying attention to me. Then it sort of transformed into something that was really meaningful for me. ... It became the way that I learn about myself and the way that I learn about other people.”
Anna Kendrick (born 1985) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anna Kendrick Says Acting Is 'The Way That I Learn About Other People'". NPR. (November 14, 2016).
“I often tell people, "If you have a choice between the bottom job and a low management job when you're first starting, take the bottom job because you won't learn as much in the management job". I also tell students, "If you're not curious, you're not going to learn. And if you're not enthusiastic, you won't be noticed". If you're not naturally enthusiastic, pretend to be. It's very infectious.”
Margaret Loesch (born 1947) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Interviews: Margaret Loesch (October 7, 2019)
“For young actors, the more you can stand around or sit there—-even when you’re not shooting-—just sit there on the set and shut up for three hours, you’ll learn more in one day than you’ll ever learn in film school.”
Neal McDonough (born 1966) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview: Neal McDonough on “Greater” (August 24, 2016)
“Some were sentenced without having had a fair trial... Some were put in jail because they didn’t have enough money or couldn’t get legal counsel, or were the victims of false accusations... I was able to learn about the life of women, and to learn about structural corruption in the political system... It was really a life education — to understand people’s lives and feelings, mainly about women.”
Wai Wai Nu (born 1987) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Myanmar activist Wai Wai Nu: ‘Prison was really a life education’, by John Reed, The Financial Times, (6 December 2017)
“I’m attempting to learn a little Welsh. Its very important to learn about culture of the people. In a sense it feels like I have turned full circle as I was born in a Celtic country.”
George Stack (born 1946) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Archbishop George Stack installed as Archbishop of Cardiff - Special Interview (2011)
“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." That's a quote commonly attributed to Winston Churchill, but he was actually probably paraphrasing George Santayana. [...] But here's a corollary I came up with all by myself: "Those who let hucksters write the history they're trying to learn from are doomed in some other horrible way".”
Hbomberguy (born 1992) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ROBLOX_OOF.mp3, 17 November 2022
“In life there isn’t a single person that knows everything and there is no person that knows nothing. It’s not too late to learn because you just need to develop that interest, talk to people, share with them what you have and learn from them. There is no breakthrough in this world if you are isolated, you can only make a breakthrough by talking to people.”
Marie-Christine Gasingirwa wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do not limit yourself from who you learn from, everyone has something you can learn.”
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do not limit yourself from whom you learn from. Everyone has something you can learn from.”
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source