Capacity Quote by Evan Esar

The mind can absorb no more than the seat can endure.

— Morton Blackwell

A slap in the face is more effective than ten lectures. It makes you understand very quickly.

— Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

Most people tire of a lecture in ten minutes; clever people can do it in five. Sensible people never go to lectures at all.…

— Stephen Leacock

“The suggestion that the normal human brain has an almost infinite capacity is important: it means that almost everyone is educable. Given enough time…

— Julie Cotton

When you sit with an enlightened teacher physically, the teacher moves in and out of different states of mind. That is how you learn…

— Frederick Lenz

A lecturer often makes you feel dumb at one end and numb at the other.

— Evan Esar

Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don't go to lectures…

— Stephen Leacock

Dear teacher, I talk no matter where I am. Moving my seat will not help.

— Anonymous

Students who have attended my [medical] lectures may remember that I try not only to teach them what we know, but also to realise…

— Clifford Allbutt

What the mind cannot retain, the body will have to endure.

— Edwin Louis Cole

Your ability to use mind whatever way you choose is outrageous. Much will depend upon how intensely you approach the study and the state…

— Frederick Lenz

No teaching could be more direct than just to sit down.

— Shunryu Suzuki