Learning Quotes

6496 Learning quotes by 3451 unique authors

Once you succeed in writing the programs for [these] complicated algorithms, they usually run extremely fast. The computer doesn't need to understand the algorithm, its… — Unknown Author
He [John von Neumann] had the invaluable faculty of being able to take the most difficult problem and separate it into its components, whereupon everything… — Stanislaw Ulam
By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and in effect increases the… — Alfred North Whitehead
Newton was a genius, but not because of the superior computational power of his brain. Newton's genius was, on the contrary, his ability to simplify,… — Gerald Weinberg
I have never learned anything except from people younger than myself. — Oscar Wilde
From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request. — Pharrell Williams
Complexity has and will maintain a strong fascination for many people. It is true that we live in a complex world and strive to solve… — Niklaus Wirth
Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster. (Or, sometimes known by] Grove [the head of Intel] giveth and Gates [the head of Microsoft] taketh… — Niklaus Wirth
Don't ask what it means, but rather how it is used. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Remember how quickly our field [computer science] changes. That's why you want to focus on learning things that don't change: how to work well with… — Randy Pausch
Learning research tells us that the time lag from experiment to feedback is critical ... — Kent Beck
In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped. — Laozi
We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors' wisdom. — Maya Angelou
People who turn to philosophy expecting to harvest a crop of formulas of wisdom or understanding do not understand-philosophy has such things, but they are… — Kenny Smith
An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of learning from the past, incapable of understanding… — Carl Jung
The plea for the predominance of learning to read in early school life because of the great importance attaching to literature seems to be a… — John Dewey
Advocates of psychiatric drugs often claim that the medications improve learning and the ability to benefit from psychotherapy, but the contrary is true. There are… — Peter Breggin
There's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't. — Amy Chua
True teachers not only impart knowledge and method but awaken the love of learning by their own reflected love. — Robert Grudin
I love to thik of my little children whom God has called to himself as away at school-at the best school in the universe, under… — Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of… — Confucius
The all-round liberally educated man, from Palaeolithic times to the time when the earth shall become a cold cinder, will always be the same, namely,… — Unknown Author
Emotions are a critical source of information for learning. — Unknown Author
Are we forming children who are only capable of learning what is already known? Or should we try to develop creative and innovative minds, capable… — Jean Piaget
I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will… — Bruce Lee

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