Learnt Quotes

442 quotes by 395 authors

I saw the world. I learnt of new cultures. I flew across an ocean. I wore women's clothing. Made a friend. Fell in love. Who… — Jules Verne
To be perfectly original one should think much and read little, and this is impossible, for one must have read before one has learnt to… — Lord Byron
Don't be afraid! We won't make an author of you, while there's an honest trade to be learnt, or brick-making to turn to. — Charles Dickens
One thing I've learnt recently: how to think nothing. Here's the trick: don't have any interest in the world around you, don't have any hope… — Ned Vizzini
Slowly I learnt the ways of humans: how to ruin, how to hate, how to debase, how to humiliate. And at the feet of my… — Nick Dear
On some such night as this she remembered promising to herself to live as brave and noble a life as any heroine she ever read… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Pooh hasn't much Brain, but he never comes to any harm. He does silly things and they turn out right. There's Owl. Owl hasn't exactly… — A A Milne
She even learnt the language of a strange country which Senior Cosetti had been told some people believed still existed, although no-one in the world… — Susanna Clarke
I've learnt that there's nothing in my day to day life or anything that I do that is in any way aimed at changing how… — Pete Doherty
This having learnt, thou hast attained the sum Of wisdom; hope no higher, though all the stars Thou knew'st by name, and all th'ethereal powers,… — John Milton
Therefore, let us be patient, patient; and let God our Father teach His own lesson, His own way. Let us try to learn it well… — Charles Kingsley
You can't dance until you've learnt steps, the things your feet can do. — Ninette de Valois
I learnt that fame is an illusion and everything about it is just a joke. I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at… — Joe Strummer
The modelling was fun but I don't see it the same as music, because with modelling, I was just kind of lucky, I just fell… — Erica Packer
Leaving things behind and starting again is a way of coping with difficulties. I learnt very early in my life that I was able to… — Rachel Cusk
When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I… — James Balog
I have no clue as to where my interest and love for music came from. In fact, I have never learnt any music either, though… — Dhanush
We are all souls, and what I have learnt so far is that while God is male, the souls created by Him are female, so… — Kailash Kher
I love playing the piano. I have one in my apartment, and I learnt by ear. I sing a lot of Coldplay, but do my… — Christopher Egan
Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and… — Madhur Bhandarkar

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