Learning Quotes

6496 Learning quotes by 3451 unique authors

The miracle of the appropriateness of the language of mathematics for the formulation of the laws of physics is a wonderful gift which we neither… — Eugene Wigner
There is no royal road to any learning, no matter what it is. There is no royal road to any righteous living, no matter who… — J. Reuben Clark
Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards… — Eric Hoffer
Whenever learners or those beyond learning awaken the mind, for the first time they plant one buddha-nature. Working with the four elements and five clusters,… — Dogen
Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his… — Oliver Goldsmith
We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance. Only by learning to love one another can our world be saved. Only love can conquer all. — Dora Russell
Education is learning more than it is being taught. It's the chemistry of curiosity exposed to information. In that sense all of life is potentially… — Unknown Author
The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think. The essence of this change… — Hal Abelson
We have also obtained a glimpse of another crucial idea about languages and program design. This is the approach of statified design, the notion that… — Hal Abelson
Computer Science is a science of abstraction -creating the right model for a problem and devising the appropriate mechanizable techniques to solve it. — Unknown Author
Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem,… — Unknown Author
I, myself, have had many failures and I've learned that if you are not failing a lot, you are probably not being as creative as… — John Backus
I can only think that the book is read because it deals with the difficulties of schooling, which do not change. Please note: the difficulties,… — Jacques Barzun
The sole justification of teaching, of the school itself, is that the student comes out of it able to do something he could not do… — Jacques Barzun
The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it. Teaching may… — Jacques Barzun
Dakin (to Irwin, his teacher): Do you really believe that, sir, or are you just trying to make us think? — Unknown Author
Scientists build to learn; Engineers learn to build. — Fred Brooks
The hardest part of the software task is arriving at a complete and consistent specification, and much of the essence of building a program is… — Fred Brooks
Successful software always gets changed. — Fred Brooks
The important point is that the cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the… — John Carmack
In a way, math isn't the art of answering mathematical questions, it is the art of asking the right questions, the questions that give you… — Gregory Chaitin
The real technology -behind all our other technologies- is language. It actually creates the world our consciousness lives in. — Andrei Codrescu
Question authority; but, raise your hand first. — Alan Dershowitz
A most important, but also most elusive, aspect of any tool is its influence on the habits of those who train themselves in its use.… — Edsger Dijkstra
John von Neumann draws attention to what seemed to him a contrast. He remarked that for simple mechanisms, it is often easier to describe how… — Edsger Dijkstra

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