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" Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns. "

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" I'm still growing, still learning. I'm still open and vulnerable enough to know there's much more to be taught to me and learned by me. I hope I don't reach my pinnacle on this earth where I think I know it all. "

" I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. "

Winston Churchill

" I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad. "

" He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants. "

Friedrich August von Hayek

" The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. "

" I learned what I need to do in the long jump, what I needed to do in the javelin and I've been able to rectify those events. It's been a bit of a learning curve, which is good. "

" The journey that I have undertaken, meeting people from all walks of life and learning from them, has been my biggest achievement. "

" I'm always interested in learning something new. "

Katherine Johnson

" As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake. "

" Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade. "

" I was lucky in my early years to play for a Karnataka team that was trying to forge itself into a strong side, and they were years of fun and learning. In the Indian team, I was fortunate to be part of a wonderful era when India played some of its finest cricket at home and abroad. "

" There are lot of ways people get non-economic payback - learning, networking, and relationships. These drive most angels more than the money. "

" 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. "

" Knowledge is exploding, so you need to commit yourself to a plan for lifelong learning. "

" I like guitar. It just turned out that it's the instrument I learned to play. I have a lot of respect for it, and I'm learning more and more every day. For me, the classic band setup - guitars, drums, bass - will stay fresh forever. I don't know. I'm still into it. "

" It has been said that 80% of what people learn is visual. "

" Recipes tell you nothing. Learning techniques is the key. "

" I think you're working and learning until you die. "

" Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. "

" True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it. "

" Knowledge, learning, is an eternal thing. "

Gordon B. Hinckley

" As long as I'm learning every day of my life, I will never feel old. Never. And I don't feel old; I feel in my head and in my heart - I don't know, ageless! "

" He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end. "

" I've had maybe 20 jobs, big and small, and I've never hated any of them. At the same time, the moment the learning curve flattened, I was out of there. "

Douglas Coupland

" If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both. "

" I'm always writing and learning. It's about growth. So I'm growing as a musician, as a guitarist. "

" In most schools, we measure children on what they know. By and large, they have to memorize the content of whatever test is coming up. Because measuring the results of rote learning is easy, rote prevails. What kids know is just not important in comparison with whether they can think. "

" Life isn't fair. It's true, and you still have to deal with it. Whining about it rarely levels the playing field, but learning to rise above it is the ultimate reward. "

" Being a part of the action is just incredible. I loved doing stunt stuff. I loved learning to ride. "

Anna Popplewell

" We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and are learning to accommodate each others' differences. "