The Indians on board said that thence to Cuba was a voyage in their canoes of a day and a half; these being small dug-outs without a sail. Such are their canoes. I departed thence for Cuba, for by the signs the Indians made of its greatness, and of its gold and pearls, I thought that it must be Cipango.
Christopher ColumbusEmploy your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
SocratesI love the natural world – it comes from my culture, which grew out of a people enslaved.
Alice WalkerYou don’t read in your own field. You read in that field when you’re young, so that you can learn.
Ray BradburyI was never ignorant, as far as being experienced in classrooms and learning about different subjects and actually soaking it up, so I checked into college for a little bit. I took classes at a community college in West L.A. I took psychology, English, and philosophy.
Nipsey HussleHonor thy error as a hidden intention.
Brian EnoI play a nobody in Japan.
Jackie ChanRastafari not a culture, it’s a reality.
Bob MarleyI know from having had a child, and from having been a child myself, that children will copy you.
Alice WalkerIt is hard to be an individual in Japan.
Haruki MurakamiHip-hop is ever changing but you’ll always have the pack. And you’ll always have those people who are separated from the pack.
EminemI never let schooling interfere with my education.
Mark TwainWe have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.
Thich Nhat HanhThere have been times that I’ve wept as I’ve gone from city to city and I’ve seen how far people have wandered from God.
Billy GrahamIf you’re embarking around the world in a hot-air balloon, don’t forget the toilet paper.
Richard BransonThere is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.
Harry S. TrumanWe do not know where to look, or what to look for, when something is memorized. We do not know what it means, or what change there is in the nervous system, when a fact is learned. This is a very important problem which has not been solved at all.
Richard P. FeynmanThe present condition of fame is merely fashion.
Gilbert K. ChestertonHappy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!
Charles DickensI want to give people a taste of the Caribbean, and show them the fun side of me.
RihannaWhat spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?
James MadisonIn karting, you turn up and drive, look at the data and go home. But I like doing more, learning about the engines and how to make them go even better.
Lando NorrisThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
AristotleThe making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.
James BaldwinThe people of Egypt are an intelligent people with a glorious history who left their mark on civilization.
Fidel CastroA lot of people are bored of all the political correctness.
Clint EastwoodFirst learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
EpictetusThey know enough who know how to learn.
Henry AdamsSince I was old enough to understand what a songwriter/producer is, I’ve had a curiosity about how Max Martin creates what he creates. I wanted to see that happen. I wanted to be there. I wanted to learn from him.
Taylor SwiftThe instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.
VoltaireYou don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
Richard BransonAny man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
Marcus Tullius CiceroThere are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
Will RogersAn ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
Mahatma GandhiLet me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.
James MadisonTrash talk? Smack talk? This is an American term that makes me laugh. I simply speak the truth. I’m an Irish man.
Conor McGregorNo, I’m not a French designer either. I’m from nowhere. I’m a European, old European is all I am.
Karl LagerfeldThere is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
Bertrand RussellOne of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamThe endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
Baruch SpinozaI’ve learned never to say never.
Dwayne JohnsonAbove all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.
Golda MeirI’ll live in Puerto Rico until the day I die.
Bad BunnyI don’t look at a man who’s expert in one area as a specialist. I look at him as a rookie in ten other areas.
Conor McGregorWith the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to get lucky on one of our flights.
Richard BransonSince I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I don’t think it will. I think I will be living in America for some time to come, but while living in America, I would like to write about Japanese society from the outside.
Haruki MurakamiThe teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
Elbert HubbardLove is a really scary thing, and you never know what’s going to happen. It’s one of the most beautiful things in life, but it’s one of the most terrifying. It’s worth the fear because you have more knowledge, experience, you learn from people, and you have memories.
Ariana GrandeAs a teenager, I went to Bali a lot, but it’s a long, long way from England. Which is why, when we bought Necker Island, we made it like a mini Bali.
Richard BransonI’d always somehow felt slightly as if I’d been born in the wrong country.
Christopher HitchensSometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.
Jerry SeinfeldPerhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.
Maya AngelouLife is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.
Ralph Waldo EmersonKnowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
Hermann HesseI like learning more about people; I like to talk to people.
Jurgen KloppI suppose for me as an artist it wasn’t always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in. It just seemed like a challenge to move it a little bit towards the way I thought it might be interesting to go.
David BowieExperience is one thing you can’t get for nothing.
Oscar WildeOne of the triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement is that when you travel through the South today, you do not feel overwhelmed by a residue of grievance and hate.
Alice WalkerHowever, because Britain is young and exciting, I did show my second line here once or twice.
Vivienne WestwoodAny action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it’s no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.
Eckhart Tolle