Learned Quotes
6471 quotes by 4265 authors
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It's one thing for a man not to know, not to have learned; it's another not to be able to live by what one does…
— Bernard Malamud
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Since I would rather make of him an able man than a learned man, I would also urge that care be taken to choose a…
— Michel de Montaigne
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I learned that along with the towering achievements of the cultures of ancient Greece and China there stood the culture of Africa, unseen and denied…
— Paul Robeson
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The danger is that people may mistake what is basically a change in vocabulary for a change in behavior, practices, and attitudes. While practically all…
— Whitney M. Young
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We learned that we could move others to take action...Even though we couldn't stop the war, I discovered that I could be involved in the…
— Marla Ruzicka
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I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure. The only thing I'm afraid of now is of being…
— Anna Quindlen
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The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the…
— Booker T. Washington
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I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not…
— Lee Iacocca
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I learned most, not from those who taught me but from those who talked with me.
— Saint Augustine
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The quick lesson that I learned is that none of the fame part is really real.
— Carly Rae Jepsen
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Ponder and deliberate before you make your move. He will conquer who has learned the artifice of deviation. Such is the art of maneuvering.
— Sun Tzu
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When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation, and imitation causes a human…
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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It wasn't until my late twenties that I learned that by working out I had given myself a great gift. I learned that nothing good…
— Henry Rollins
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Our intellect is not the most subtle, the most powerful, the most appropriate, instrument for revealing the truth. It is life that, little by little,…
— Marcel Proust
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If there is one thing I have learned during my years as a professional, it is that the only thing constant about golf is its…
— Jack Nicklaus
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The devoted golfer is an anguished soul who has learned a lot about putting, just as an avalanche victim has learned a lot about snow.
— Dan Jenkins
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I get as much fun as the next man from whaling the ball as hard as I can and catching it squarely on the button.…
— Bobby Jones
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There's more to be learned here [St. Andrews] about course design than anywhere. Collection bunkers, false fronts, bump shots. The fundamentals of design became fundamental…
— Jack Nicklaus
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From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to recognize that on…
— Marcus Aurelius
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When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded how…
— Mark Twain
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