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“All stress inhibits true and effective learning.”
Michel Thomas (1914–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, that is one of the three foundations of learning: see much, study much, suffer much.”
Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Count yourself lucky,” the potter went on, “that you have understood this now and not spent your years in vain hope. This much have you learned, and no learning is wasted.”
Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No: by the names inscribed in History's page, Names that are England's noblest heritage, Names that shall live for yet unnumbered years Shrined in our hearts with Cressy and Poictiers; Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die, But leave us still our old nobility.”
John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland (1818–1906) said by 1906 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: England's Trust, part iii, line 227, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“We evolved to be good at learning and using rules of thumb, not at searching for ultimate causes and making fine distinctions. Still less did we evolve to spin out long chains of calculation that connect fundamental laws to observable consequences. Computers are much better at it!”
Frank Wilczek (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Leviathan learning to overcome time”
Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She’s a nice girl – I just feel very honoured that she wanted to sing my song. I used to scream for her in Times Square and now I work for her. When I was 13 she was the most provocative performer of my time. I love her so much! Britney certainly doesn’t need any freakin’ tips from me! Britney Spears is the queen of pop. I was learning from her.”
Lady Gaga (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The institute (Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology)'s researchers laid the foundation for its success by daring to brave the challenges they faced and learning from their failures.”
Tsai Ing-wen (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't understand girls, but I'm slowly learning.”
Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The infidelity of the Gentile world, and that more especially of men of rank and learning in it, is resolved into a principle which, in my judgment, will account for the inefficacy of any argument, or any evidence whatever, viz. contempt prior to examination.”
William Paley (1743–1805) first seen 1794 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A View of the Evidences of Christianity (1794).
“Wit without humanity degenerates into bitterness. Learning without prudence into pedantry.”
James Burgh (1714–1775) said by 1775 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Learning is like bank-notes: prudence and good behaviour are like silver, useful upon all occasions.”
James Burgh (1714–1775) said by 1775 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Deep learning will make you acceptable to the learned; but it is only an obliging and easy behaviour, and entertaining conversation, that will make you agreeable to all companies.”
James Burgh (1714–1775) said by 1775 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are trying to understand the implications of quantum mechanics. The subject is very old, but we are still learning.”
Leonard Mandel (1927–2001) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: as quoted by John Hogan, in Quantum Philosophy, Scientific American (July 1992)
“The pretention that some of us are better than others, I don't think is a very good thing. And who is contributing what to our progress in science is not so obvious and many who don't get that Nobel Prize are better than people than some of us that do get the Nobel Prize. … I think we should not be interested in prizes, we should be interested in learning about nature.”
Jack Steinberger (1921–2020) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with the 1988 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Jack Steinberger, at the 58th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, July 2008.
“The value of metaphors should not be underestimated. Metaphors have the virtue of an expected behavior that is understood by all. Unnecessary communication and misunderstandings are reduced. Learning and education are quicker. In effect metaphors are a way of internalizing and abstracting concepts allowing one's thinking to be on a higher plane and low-level mistakes to be avoided.”
Fernando J. Corbató (1926–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the school of Christ they are the best scholars who continue learning to the last.”
Christian Scriver (1629–1693) said by 1693 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The whole of Christianity is comprised in three things — to believe, to love, and to obey Jesus. These are things, however, which we must be learning all our life.”
Christian Scriver (1629–1693) said by 1693 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Probability is the mathematics of uncertainty. ...many modern theories have uncertainty built into their foundations. Thus learning to think in terms of probability is essential.”
Richard Hamming (1915–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mathematics, being very different from the natural languages, has its corresponding patterns of thought. Learning these patterns is much more important than any particular result... They are learned by the constant use of the language and cannot be taught in any other fashion.”
Richard Hamming (1915–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This text is organized in the "spiral" for learning. A topic... is returned to again and again, each time higher up in the spiral. The first time around you may not be completely sure of what is going on, but on the repeated returns to the topic it should gradually become clear. This is necessary when the ideas are not simple but require a depth of understanding...”
Richard Hamming (1915–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you take a course in Euclidean geometry is not the teacher putting a... learning program into you? ...You enter the course and cannot do problems; the teacher puts into you a program and at the end of the course you can solve such problems. ...Are you sure you are not merely "programmed" in life by what by chance events happens to you?”
Richard Hamming (1915–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are beginning to find not only is intelligence not adequately defined so arguments can be settled scientifically, but a lot of other associated words like, computer, learning, information, ideas, decisions, expert behavior—all are a bit fuzzy...”
Richard Hamming (1915–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Self-study, in a sense of learning by yourself without anybody teaching you anything, has an enormous value.”
Robert Kraft (astronomer) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview of Robert Kraft by Patrick McCray on August 1-2, 2002, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics.
“There is perhaps no truer sign that a man is really advancing than that he is learning to forget himself, that he is losing the natural thoughts about self in the thought of One higher than himself, to whose guidance he can commit himself and all men.”
John Campbell Shairp (1819–1885) said by 1885 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Subtlest thought shall fail, and learning falter, Churches change, forms perish, systems go, But our human needs, they will not alter, Christ no after age shall e'er outgrow.”
John Campbell Shairp (1819–1885) said by 1885 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As no one can adventure nearer the throne of God by virtue of his rank, his wealth, or his talent, so no one is kept farther from that throne by his low condition, or by his poverty of wealth, of learning, or of intellect. The prince and the sage are not more welcome to heaven than the poor and ignorant.”
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I feel strong in challenges, believing that personal improvement and fulfillment come through the continual process of learning from both negative and positive experiences.”
T. B. Joshua (1963–2021) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On both praise and persecution - "'ATTRIBUTING THE SATELLITES SUCCESS TO ME IS BLASPHEMY' – T.B. JOSHUA" Modern Ghana (November 4 2009)
“#. A primary negative injunction. This may have either of two forms: (a) "Do not do so and so, or I will punish you", or (b) "If you do not do so and so, I will punish you". Here we select a context of learning based on avoidance of punishment rather than a context of reward seeking.”
Gregory Bateson (1904–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not DNA.”
Gregory Bateson (1904–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In my opinion, people in our society are becoming like clones. Children are not reading books , and they are not learning by doing. They're just sitting and watching each other be pretty. Like my vases.”
Guity Novin (born 1944) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Etelaat-e-Banoovan,(1971) no 755, Year Fifteenth,Wednesday 15th December.
“If I'm teaching deep things, then I view it as important to make people feel like they're learning deep things, because otherwise, they will still have a hole in their mind for "deep truths" that needs filling, and they will go off and fill their heads with complete nonsense that has been written in a more satisfying style.”
Eliezer Yudkowsky (born 1979) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A comment on "Mind Control and Me" at LessWrong.com (March 2009)
“All scientists must communicate their work, for what is the point of learning new things about how the world works if you don't tell anyone about them?”
Jim Al-Khalili (born 1962) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: We can't hide in our labs and leave the talking to Dawkins, The Guardian, Tuesday 25 November 2008.
“What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures.”
Samuel Gompers (1850–1924) first seen 1915 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Shoe workers' journal, Volume 16‎ (1915) p. 4
“What does labor want? We want more school houses and less jails. More books and less guns. More learning and less vice. More leisure and less greed. More justice and less revenge. We want more … opportunities to cultivate our better natures.”
Samuel Gompers (1850–1924) said by 1924 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Mantsios, Gregory. A New Labor Movement for the New Century. Florence, Ky.: Taylor & Francis, 1998, p. 51.
“With good behavior I'll be out in seven years Don't worry over me or shed any tears I've learned a lot in here and I know what a chance I blew The next time I won't make the same mistake I'll shoot the camera out too I'm learning all kinds of things you can do When you're broke”
Todd Snider (1966–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do.”
Bill Hybels (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Learning to see the world as it truly is - saturated with the presence and love of God - should be the essence of Christian discipleship, or what many call spiritual formation.”
Skye Jethani (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Becoming an artist does not merely mean learning something, acquiring professional techniques and methods. Indeed, as someone has said, in order to write well you have to forget the grammar.”
Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All of us are infected today with an extraordinary egoism. And that is not freedom; freedom means learning to demand only of oneself, not of life and others, and knowing how to give: sacrifice in the name of love.”
Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Training in listening, in statistical techniques and problem cause-and-effect analysis, in group problem solving, in sophisticated financial analysis (for everyone)—and then constant retraining, for upgrading and learning new skills—simply must become the norm, for realtor, banker, or high-tech wizard.”
Tom Peters (born 1942) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: March 14, 2016
“Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.”
Stephen Vizinczey (1933–2021) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In the Sunday Telegraph (2 March 1975) ; as quoted in A Speaker's Treasury of Quotations: Maxims, Witticisms and Quips for Speeches and Presentations, Michael & Linda Thomsett, McFarland (2009), p. 110
“Mulla, Mulla, my son has written from the Abode of Learning to say that he has completely finished his studies!" "Console yourself, madam, with the thought that God will no doubt send him more.”
Nasreddin (1208–1284) said by 1284 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Idries Shah, The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin (1973), , p. 134
“Antisthenes ... was asked on one occasion what learning was the most necessary, and he replied, "To unlearn one's bad habits.”
Antisthenes (445–365 BC) said by 365 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's so many lessons I get from chess, it's incredible, but I think the biggest thing for me has always been is that losing is learning.”
Maurice Ashley (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To love the perfection with which we do our work, or the company of those with whom we work, is the secret of learning to love the work itself.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We may avoid much disappointment and bitterness of soul by learning to understand how little necessary to our joy and peace are the things the multitude most desire and seek.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is a large part of learning to know what one wants, and where it may be found in its most authentic form.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just when you think you know something, it gets turned around and challenged in some way. But those changes are welcome because you end up learning more.”
Jennifer Beals (born 1963) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview in First for Women magazine (February 8, 2010, p. 46).
“Women believed in death. Without exception. It was part of their makeup. Whereas men refused to face up to it. Not only death, in fact, but life, too: a man, learning that his wife or girlfriend is pregnant, reacts like some beast of the field - "I can't believe it's true!" - while women look at the same situation as either happy news or a momentary inconvenience.”
Françoise Sagan (1935–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source