Learning Quotes - page 15

It is important to distinguish the difficulty of describing and learning a piece of notation from the difficulty of mastering its implications. [...] Indeed, the very suggestiveness of a notation may make it seem harder to learn because of the many properties it suggests for exploration. (Kenneth E. Iverson)
Christianity possesses the great advantage over Judaism of being represented as coming from the mouth of the first Teacher not as a statutory but as a moral religion, and as thus entering into the closest relation with reason so that, through reason, it was able of itself, without historical learning, to be spread at all times and among all peoples with the greatest trustworthiness. View quote
Immanuel Kant
Here was a new generation, shouting the old cries, learning the old creeds, through a revery of long days and nights; destined finally to go out into that dirty gray turmoil to follow love and pride; a new generation dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success; grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken. . . . View quote
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The first discipline modernity's originators imposed upon themselves was that of self-restraint, learning to live with vulgarity. Their high expectations for effectiveness were made possible by low expectations of what was to be. View quote
Allan Bloom
One important idea is that science is a means whereby learning is achieved, not by mere theoretical speculation on the one hand, nor by the undirected accumulation of practical facts on the other, but rather by a motivated iteration between theory and practice. View quote
George E. P. Box
Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty. View quote
Lyndon B. Johnson
There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. View quote
Roger Ascham
The process of writing is a process of learning; and much has become clearer to me in the attempt to transform my original rough notes into what I hope is an intelligible presentation. View quote
Paul A. Baran
Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain. View quote
John F. Kennedy
The essence of Vanderbilt is still learning, the essence of its outlook is still liberty, and liberty and learning will be and must be the touchstones of Vanderbilt University and of any free university in this country or the world. I say two touchstones, yet they are almost inseparable, inseparable if not indistinguishable, for liberty without learning is always in peril, and learning without liberty is always in vain. View quote
John F. Kennedy
Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another. (Aldo Leopold)
Early entry is appropriate when the following general circumstances hold: - Image and reputation of the firm are important to the buyer, and the firm can develop an enhanced reputation by being a pioneer. - Early entry can initiate the learning process in a business in which the learning curve is important, experience is difficult to imitate, and it will not be nullified by successive technological generations. - Customer loyalty will be great, so that benefits will accrue to the firm that sells to the customer first. - Absolute cost advantages can be gained by early commitment to supplies of raw materials, distribution channels, and so on. View quote
Michael E. Porter
My father once said about being a parent that it is the only thing you do that requires a very long period of learning, and at about the time that you are becoming competent, you don't need the skills anymore. Notwithstanding this modest assessment of their parenting skills, they were wonderful parents. View quote
Michael Spence
I am a teacher and the reason I'm a teacher is because I'm learning as hard as I can. I'm not any different from anybody else. I am searching and having some success finding answers. View quote
Andy Andrews
For me, art is about learning and about living with people. It's alive. View quote
Miuccia Prada
If you are unable to change many aspects of your work, you must alter your mindset – learning to stop thinking about your work as boring or dull; viewing the glass as half full rather than half empty; finding the positives in your daily work and career. View quote
Nigel Cumberland
Learning something new means you have to abandon, for a little while at least, the familiar and comforting. I happen to like this feeling. I remind myself that tomorrow, I will be someone who didn't exist yesterday. View quote
Nick Stone
My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together,' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting. View quote
Novak Djokovic
We must be learning if we are to feel fully alive, and when life, or love, becomes too predictable and it seems like there is little left to learn, we become restless - a protest, perhaps, of the plastic brain when it can no longer perform its essential task. View quote
Norman Doidge
I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting. View quote
Norton Juster
...it's not just learning that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters. (Norton Juster)
I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a "learning experience." Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a "learning experience." It makes me feel less stupid. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
It's a big theme in my life, learning about myself and being a better person. I'm a work in progress; I have revelations every day. View quote
Rick Rubin
By keeping my hand in that, it's the way I keep learning. The main way you learn in medicine is by practicing and working with patients. View quote
Andrew Weil
Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock. View quote
Annette Funicello