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“The objective of our religious foundations is to teach people that they are hurting themselves when they say they believe something. What we should realize is we know almost nothing about God and therefore we should be eager to search and to learn.”
John Templeton (1912–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He went down to Portsmouth once, to visit the Mary Rose, and was surprised to learn that it had sunk. Thats how old he is!”
Harry Hill (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing.”
Jenny Joseph (1931–2018) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Observer, 19 April, 1998, p. 23
“Today, life will offer me many lessons. I will learn nothing.”
John S. Hall (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not successful and I probably never will be. I look around and I see successful people, and I see that they have something I don't—success. Perhaps they were born that way, or perhaps they figured something out that I can never seem to learn. I don't know. That's why I'm not successful.”
John S. Hall (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Most kids today slap the puck. The backhand takes time to learn. It's not something you do naturally. But it is an effective shot.”
Dave Keon (born 1940) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Kevin Shea, "One on One with Dave Keon," Legends of Hockey.net (2002-04-15)
“As a professional I practice six or seven hours per day, though it depends on my schedule. That's how it is as a musician. It's only when you reach grade five you take them more serious. Until then I saw it as fun. I used to learn them by play pop tunes on the piano. They have harmonies and broken chords and can be used as building blocks to help you with scales.”
Joanna MacGregor (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Seize every opportunity you have to learn. Keep your eyes and ears wide open and seize life — don't let the moments slip through your fingers like a fistful of sand. Be your own teacher. Let life write your textbook.”
Richie Sambora (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everything you do is an opportunity cost. Learn to say “No”
Randy Pausch (1960–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ma'm, architecture you're not skill'd in, I don't approve your way of building; In this there's nothing like design, Pray learn the use of Gunter's line.”
Christopher Smart (1722–1771) said by 1771 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t get angry, I don’t want to use harsh words. They are our colleagues and we have to work with them. But they also have to learn to work with us.”
Manmohan Singh (1932–2024) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Responding to the opposition of Communist Party of India (Marxist) towards the India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement, as quoted in "‘Anguished’ PM to Left: If you want to withdraw, so be it", The Telegraph (India)…
“Oh, my soul! why art thou so often disquieted within thee? How is it that thou hast so little faith? Wilt thou never learn that Jesus has even the least of His little boats always under His watchful eye, and all the winds and the waves obey Him?”
Theodore L. Cuyler (1822–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The future can't be predicted, but it can be envisioned and brought lovingly into being. Systems can't be controlled, but they can be designed and redesigned. We can't surge forward with certainty into a world of no surprises, but we can expect surprises and learn from them and even profit from them.”
Donella Meadows (1941–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Before you disturb the system in any way, watch how it behaves. If it's a piece of music or a whitewater rapid or a fluctuation in a commodity price, study its beat. If it's a social system, watch it work. Learn its history.”
Donella Meadows (1941–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of the most important things was from a patient who said to me what a pity it was that he had to wait until now, when he was riddled with death, to learn how to live. And I have used that phrase many times: hoping that if you introduce people, in an appropriate way, to their mortality that might change the way they live and allow them to trivialise the trivia in their life.”
Irvin D. Yalom (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The belief in unity that has fuelled so many utopian dreams is an effort to reconcile the irreconcilable that ends in repression. Berlin suggests we renounce this venerable faith, and learn how to live with intractable conflict.”
John Gray (philosopher) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It would grant me much relief to learn your sons were engaged matrimonially to other white men if I was previously faced with the spectre of those same sons wedding negro women, slave or free, and siring negro sons that could presume to claim inheritance of your namesakes and property, or worse, equality with your purer grandchildren.”
Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) first seen 1860 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1860, Senate debate on legal status of interracial relationships.
“There was no day like the Day of al-Husayn, when thirty thousand men advanced against him (while) they claimed that they belonged to this community, and that they (wanted) to seek proximity to Allah, the Great and Almighty, through (shedding) his blood. He (al-Husayn) reminded them of Allah, but they did not learn (from him) till they killed him out of (their) oppression and aggression.”
Ali Zayn al-Abidin (659–713) said by 713 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Learn sciences which offer you both your corrective destinies and corrective threats.”
Musa al-Kadhim (745–799) said by 799 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When women entered the workplace, many men were mentors to them and, in turn, also learned to respect women’s unique contributions (for example, their listening and facilitative skills). Now, as we give men responsibilities to care for children, women must be among the mentors, and we must also learn to respect men’s unique contributions.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Does one get faith by mere studying of books? Too much reading creates confusion. The Master used to say that one should learn from the scriptures that God alone is real and the world illusory.”
Sarada Devi (1853–1920) said by 1920 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have two lives, Roy, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.”
Bernard Malamud (1914–1986) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Natural (1952), p. 152
“I am terribly saddened to learn of the passing of Harry Dalton. He was one of the great general managers of our generation. I was fortunate to have him serve as general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers from 1978 through 1991.”
“Then think I thus: "Sith such repair, So long time war of valiant men, Was all to win a lady fair, Shall I not learn to suffer then? And think my life well spent to be, Serving a worthier wight than she?”
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516–1547) said by 1547 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The pictures of me on the Internet were silly, inappropriate shots. I appreciate all the support of my fans, and hope they understand that along the way I am going to make mistakes and I am not perfect. I never intended for any of this to happen, and I am truly sorry if I have disappointed anyone. Most of all, I have let myself down. I will learn from my mistakes and trust my support team.”
Miley Cyrus (born 1992) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: MTV.com (April 29, 2008)
“See, you learn about humans when you have a baby. Like girls. Girls are so much more advanced than boys. I seriously think that girls are born in conversation. Like, they come out of the womb, talking: "Are you my mother? Lovely to put a face to a name.”
Michael McIntyre (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Learn to use an axe, and respect it and you can't help but love it. But abuse one and it will wear your hands raw and open your foot like an overcooked sausage.”
Richard Proenneke (1916–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Death, we are told, should be left to God. We do not leave birth to God. We space births. We prevent births. We arrange births. Man should learn to become the lord of death as well as the master of birth.”
Leslie Weatherhead (1893–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.”
Muriel Spark (1918–2006) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Comforters (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1957) p. 133
“Exoplanet astronomy will systematically survey our galaxy, gathering information on the masses, orbits, geology, and atmospheres of millions of planets. As a byproduct, we will learn how rare life is and what conditions it requires. What we discover might support tests and refinements of anthropic reasoning.”
Frank Wilczek (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“to a defendant who called the plaintiff a "witch" after the judge ruled in the plaintiff's favor: You gotta learn to behave yourself, madam. I have a feeling you have a pretty hot temper - not as hot as mine. That's all - out!”
Judith Sheindlin (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Young people must break machines to learn how to use them; get another made!”
Henry Cavendish (1731–1810) said by 1810 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: when he was told that one of his valuable instruments was broken by a young man, as quoted in Biographical Memoir of Henry Cavendish, by Georges Cuvier, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1828), p. 222.
“Do you want to learn holiness with terrible struggles and sore affliction and the plague of much remaining evil? Then wait before you turn to God.”
Frederick William Robertson (1816–1853) said by 1853 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Conversations cease when we learn to discover the joys of internalization.”
Mahāprajña (1920–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If “humility” means nothing more than the capacity to learn from criticism, then it has an undoubted value; but if “humility” means a willingness to submit to authority—to abandon or to modify what one is doing merely because it does not accord with the teachings of the Bible or the thoughts of Chairman Mao—then it is death to the spirit: the proper name for it, indeed, is “servility.”
John Passmore (1914–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What shall we do after we learn what we'll do: that is the question.”
Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the fork is not removed when the spider has arrived it seems to have the same charm as any fly: for the spider seizes it, embraces it, and runs about on the legs of the fork as often as it is made to sound, never seeming to learn by experience that other things may buzz besides its natural food.”
C. V. Boys (1855–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you learn to listen to your gutt, your find all the answers.”
Keshia Chante (born 1988) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Official Website (2009)
“The mystery of the universe, and the meaning of God's world, are shrouded in hopeless obscurity, until we learn to feel that all laws suppose a lawgiver, and that all working involves a Divine energy.”
Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let us learn how the love of Christ, received into the heart, triumphs gradually but surely over all sin, transforms character, turning even its weakness into strength, and so, from the depths of transgression and the very gates of hell, raises men to God.”
Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Only, stay by his side Till the page is really known, It may be we failed because we tried To learn it all alone, And now that He would not let us lose One lesson of love (For He knows the loss,) — can we refuse?”
Frances Ridley Havergal (1836–1879) said by 1879 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is far easier to learn science first and philosophy later than the other way round!”
Harvey Brown (philosopher) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not really terribly interested in global warming. Like most physicists I don't think much about it. But in 2008 I was in a panel here about global warming and I had to learn something about it. And I spent a day or so — half a day maybe on Google, and I was horrified by what I learned.”
Ivar Giaever (1929–2025) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nobel Laureate Ivar Giaever: Obama Is 'Dead Wrong' on Climate Change", Snopes, 8 July 2015
“To me the greatest moment in an experiment is always just before I learn whether the particular idea is a good or a bad one. Thus even a failure is exciting, and most of my ideas have of course been wrong. But this time it worked!”
Ivar Giaever (1929–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am glad to learn that the Parliament Bill has been passed for the Darlington Railway. I am much obliged by the favourable sentiments you express towards me, and shall be happy if I can be of service in carrying into execution your plans.”
George Stephenson (1781–1848) first seen 1821 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Edward Pease (1821-04-28)
“No Habit or Quality is more easily acquir'd than Hypocrisy, nor any thing sooner learn'd than to deny the Sentiments of our Hearts and the Principle we act from: But the Seeds of every Passion are innate to us, and no body comes into the World without them.”
Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733) said by 1733 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To wear away the time, we learn to play chess, In thousands, horses and infantry chase each other. Move quickly into action, in attack or in retreat. Talent and swift feet give us the upper hand.”
Ho Chí Minh (1890–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To study Marxism-Leninism is to learn the spirit in which one should deal with things, with other people and with oneself. It means to study the universal Marxist-Leninist truths in order to apply them creatively to the practical conditions of our country. We must study with a view to action. Theory must go hand in hand with practice.”
Ho Chí Minh (1890–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost invisible acts of compassion, everyday acts of compassion. In South Africa they have a phrase called ubuntu. Ubuntu comes out of a philosophy that says, the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me.”
Chris Abani (born 1966) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chris Abani muses on humanity," dotSUB (2008-11-13)
“It is not my aim to surprise or shock you – but the simplest way I can summarize is to say that there are now in the world machines that think, that learn and that create. Moreover, their ability to do these things is going to increase rapidly until – in a visible future – the range of problems they can handle will be coextensive with the range to which the human mind has been applied.”
Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Newell & Simon (1958), quoted in AI, by Daniel Crevier