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> [Questions are the important thing, answers are less important. Learning to ask a good question is the heart of intelligence. Learning the answer-well, answers are for students. Questions are for thinkers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-schank/questions-are-the-important-thing-answers-are-less-important-learning/)

[Roger Schank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-schank/)

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## More by Roger Schank

> [Questions are the important thing, answers are less important. Learning to ask a good question is the heart of intelligence. Learning the answer-well, answers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-schank/questions-are-the-important-thing-answers-are-less-important-learning/)

[Roger Schank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-schank/)

> [Learning happens when someone wants to learn, not when someone wants to teach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-schank/learning-happens-when-someone-wants-to-learn-not-when-someone-wants/)

[Roger Schank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-schank/)

> [Interest is a terrible thing to waste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-schank/interest-is-a-terrible-thing-to-waste/)

[Roger Schank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-schank/)

> [Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-schank/humans-are-not-ideally-set-up-to-understand-logic-they-are-ideally/)

[Roger Schank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-schank/)

> [Learning to explain phenomena such that one continues to be fascinated by the failure of one's explanations creates a continuing cycle of thinking, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-schank/learning-to-explain-phenomena-such-that-one-continues-to-be/)

[Roger Schank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-schank/)

> [The language of the culture also reflects the stories of the culture. One word or simple phrasal labels often describe the story adequately enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-schank/the-language-of-the-culture-also-reflects-the-stories-of-the-culture/)

[Roger Schank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-schank/)

> [Everything they teach in school is oriented so that they can test it to show that you know it, instead of taking note of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-schank/everything-they-teach-in-school-is-oriented-so-that-they-can-test-it/)

[Roger Schank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-schank/)

> [“As long as we see ourselves as rational beings who can think logically and make carefully reasoned decisions about our daily lives, then education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-schank/as-long-as-we-see-ourselves-as-rational-beings-who-can-think/)

[Roger Schank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-schank/)

> [Schools in the future will be judged less because of the credentials that they bestow, and more because of the experiences that they offer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-schank/schools-in-the-future-will-be-judged-less-because-of-the-credentials/)

[Roger Schank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-schank/)

> [Learning is about failure and recovery from failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-schank/learning-is-about-failure-and-recovery-from-failure/)

[Roger Schank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-schank/)

> [Education in a deepest sense has always been about doing rather than about knowing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-schank/education-in-a-deepest-sense-has-always-been-about-doing-rather-than/)

[Roger Schank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-schank/)

> [In the end all we have...are stories and methods of finding and using those stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-schank/in-the-end-all-we-have-are-stories-and-methods-of-finding-and-using/)

[Roger Schank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-schank/)

> [There is one very good reason to learn programming, but it has nothing to do with preparing for high-tech careers or with making sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-schank/there-is-one-very-good-reason-to-learn-programming-but-it-has-nothing/)

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