Quotes by Learning If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth. A. P. Herbert learninglifescience No matter how much we learn, there is always more knowledge to be gained. In this connection I am reminded of a short poem that has been in my mind over the years. It reads as follow: I used to think I knew I knew. But now I must confess. The more I know I know I know I know I know the less. A. Ray Olpin learningyearsthinking Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous. Abdelkader El Djezairi learningwiseinspirational I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge. Abdullah ibn Mubarak islamiclearningwisdom True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance. Abigail Van Buren learningeducationfunny The unpleasant events you are passing from will not have been profitless to you. Abraham Lincoln passinglearningevents Gratefully accepting the proffered honor, [to inscribe a new legal work to him] I give the leave, begging only that the inscription may be in modest terms, not representing me as a man of great learning, or a very extraordinary one in any respect. Abraham Lincoln learninggivingmen Fear of knowing is very deeply a fear of doing. Abraham Maslow learningknowingteaching You don't need fancy highbrow traditions or money to really learn. You just need people with the desire to better themselves. Adam Cooper learningteachingpeople Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it. Adlai Stevenson I walllearningeducation From all these experiences the most important thing I have learned is that legibility and beauty stand close together and that type design, in its restraint, should be only felt but not perceived by the reader. Adrian Frutiger learningreadingbeauty Any approach to scientific inference which seeks to legitimize it and answer in reponse to complex uncertainty is, for me, a totalitarian parody of a would-be rational learning process. Adrian Smith learningwould-beanswers Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old. Aeschylus youthlearningscience Old men are always young enough to learn with profit. Aeschylus learningagemen It is always in season for old men to learn. Aeschylus learningeducationmen Making it a valid law to learn by suffering. Aeschylus learningsufferinglaw I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays and have things arranged for them that they seem so forlornly unable to produce their own ideas. Agatha Christie learningeducationchildren Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public. Agnes Repplier charminglearningknowledge I wonder what especial sanctity attaches itself to fifteen minutes. It is always the maximum and the minimum of time which will enable us to acquire languages, etiquette, personality, oratory ... One gathers that twelve minutes a day would be hopelessly inadequate, and twenty minutes a wasteful and ridiculous excess. Agnes Repplier learningtwentiespersonality Everybody is now so busy teaching that nobody has any time to learn. Agnes Repplier learningteachingbusy1234567891011»
