Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly it's about not getting bored.
Learning operatic roles is ongoing, and I find that I can learn on the train or subway, during a manicure, getting my hair done, and even while driving if I only look at the score at red lights.
You only stop learning when you quit.
When we think about online learning, it's such 'early days.' Bill Gates is a wildly smart insightful guy. Yet, even a guy as smart and insightful as that, 30 years ago can say things like, 'Who's every going to need more than 640K of memory?'
I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
I think the biggest thing was that I was putting pressure on myself leading up to Beijing. Now I am learning how to take that pressure off and seeing this as an incredible opportunity, but not like, 'I absolutely have to medal.'
In my career, I played for four different teams in a lot of different systems, and it's like learning another language.
I learned a lot from my Mom. My favorite lesson: remember there is no such thing as a certain way to parent and to remember that you are learning along with your child - it's ok to make mistakes.
Directors who turn into big babies and shut out criticism stop learning.
Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.
The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart.
In my bachelor days, the priority wasn't learning to cook.
The challenge as a parent is letting your kids fail in the right ways because that's where we do most of our learning.
Whether or not Americans supported George W. Bush, they could not avoid learning about Abu Ghraib.
Learning to drive is a scary thing for a parent. I had to basically lie to get the keys when I was a kid.
It is never easy to win but it is a lot easier to win when you play well. The key is winning golf tournaments when you are not playing so well. Managing your game is something that I feel that I am still learning to do.
I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is no...
I'm a dancer, so I do four hours of dance a week of ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary. I also play the piano and I just started learning the guitar.
It's tempting to say the Ph.D. didn't have an effect, but it's not so. I think whatever resonance I may be able to achieve is in part simply from the amount of reading and learning that I acquired along the way.
