Quotes by Learning Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes. Ajahn Brahm learning wise mistake Learning is a plant that grows in all climes. Akbar learning grows plant We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business. And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned. Akio Morita growing-up learning children Learning (Shakespeare's plays) ...in school was a bit of a bore. Al Pacino learning education school Of all the girls I ever knew Al Stewart learning girl song Question authority; but, raise your hand first. Alan Dershowitz learning hands firsts Most people have learned to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no need to dwell on the past. And if the present has little effect on the future, present actions need not be weighed for their consequence. Rather, each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own. ... It is a world of impulse. It is a world of sincerity. It is a world in which every word spoken speaks just to that moment, every glance given has only one meaning. Alan Lightman learning islands past A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing. Alan Perlis learning knowing thinking To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program. Alan Perlis program machines learning It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical? Alan Perlis learning self fun A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming. Alan Perlis learning language thinking I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it. Alan Perlis learning technology thinking Any noun can be verbed. Alan Perlis nouns programming learning Optimization hinders evolution. Alan Perlis programming learning evolution You think you KNOW when you learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program. Alan Perlis learning writing thinking I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously. We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines. I don't think we are. I think we're responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house. I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun. Alan Perlis learning successful fun The greater the scientist, the more he is impressed with his ignorance of reality, and the more he realizes that his laws and labels, descriptions and definitions, are the products of his own thought. They help him to use the world for purposes of his own devising rather than understand and explain it. Alan Watts learning ignorance knowledge A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily. Alan Watts buddhism learning education Any fool can know. The point is to understand. Albert Einstein learning wisdom knowledge The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know. Albert Einstein realizing learning knowledge «1234567891011»