Asks Quote by Julius Lester Download Open image ““... the object of learning was not to build a better mousetrap but to ask a better question.”” — Julius Lester ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ask Better Asks Better Mousetrap Better Question Education Learning Mousetrap Mousetrap Ask Objects
“But teaching students to ask that question, independent of subject matter knowledge, won’t do much good.” — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“The mouse and his child, who had learned so much and had prevailed against such overwhelming odds, never could be persuaded to teach a… — Russell Hoban Copy Share Image
“Learning is never a bad thing. And neither is changing your mind about things…It’s always good to reevaluate. To think and consider all sides.” — Miranda Kenneally Copy Share Image
“He knew he had a lot to learn—that was why he was asking questions.” — James Dashner Copy Share Image
“Not-learning is the conscious decision not to learn something that you could learn.” — Herbert Kohl Copy Share Image
“They were learning fast, or at least collecting data, which they considered to be the same as learning.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“And whilst he may not claim superiority by reason of learning, I myself must not withold that meed of homage that learning, wherever it… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“that had little to do with the real world. I felt like school, and this way of learning—cramming random knowledge into my head and… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
“Instead, realizing that there is only so much that a mouse in the maze can know and understand … I resolved to get out… — Deepak Malhotra Copy Share Image
“What if our schools could train students to be better lifelong learners and better adapters to change, by enabling them to be better questioners?” — Warren Berger Copy Share Image
A good teacher is one who helps you become who you feel yourself to be. A good teacher is also one who says something… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
“Stagolee was, undoubtedly and without question, the baddest nigger that ever lived. Stagolee was so bad that the flies wouldn't even fly around his… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
But there are times when a tree can no longer withstand the pain inflicted on it, and the wind will take pity on that… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
“To give good hugs you have to have some soft places. —Jeremy Richards” — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
“Perhaps one of the writer's tasks is to weave himself into others' pain.” — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
“Just because you're bron to someone, it doesn't mean you belong to them.” — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
Being a failure at living your own life as best as you can is better than being a success living the life somebody else… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
I write because the lives of all of us are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will begin to… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
Books, and especially fiction, do not proceed from ideas. They are born from feelings — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
Dying ain't important. Everyone does that. What's important is how well you do your living. — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I don't wear a watch because I want my arms to weigh the same. So if somebody asks me what time it is, I… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes. — Neve Campbell Copy Share Image
Freedom in every sense but primarily political sense, a rise in repression that stems from a repression of sexuality. It's AIDS, it's herpes, it's… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too.… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time. — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
Success will come when the societal attitude changes and not a single woman in America asks herself the question 'What did I do?'. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The rich people are apparently leaving America. They're giving up their citizenship. These great lovers of America who made their money in this country-when… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate. — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
For someone to ask 'Who did you play for' and to be able to answer a single name 'Liverpool' that would be brilliant...I don't… — Jamie Carragher Copy Share Image
I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image