Learned Quotes
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I've learned a couple of things. And one of the things I have learned is that every experience has pluses and minuses.
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I've learned that God sometimes allows us to find ourselves in a place where we want something so bad that we can't see past it. Sometimes we can't even see God because of it. When we want something that bad, it's easy to mistake what we truly need for the thing we really want. When this sort of thing happens, and it seems to happen to everyone, I've found it's because what God has for us is obscured from view, just around another bend in the road.
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It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I learned about this kind of simple, swift-paced style, but the main reason for the style of my first novel is that I simply did not have the time to write sustained prose.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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You desire to be learned, wealthy, and great, without labor; it is one of the follies still extant in the world.
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There are lessons to be learned from a stupid man.
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Our society and our organizations have learned to value masculine, 'quick-fix' traits in leaders. In a primitive society, a rural society, or even the industrial society of the early 1990s, quick fixes worked out all right. But they are less likely to work in a complex society. We need to look at long-range outcomes now. Service and patience are what can keep things running effectively today and women can contribute a lot in both of these areas.
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I learned that if I put my mind to something vocally, I can pull it off. You just have to get your head-space right.
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You never say never. That's one of the lessons I've learned.
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If there was a lesson to be taken from history, it was that men lived but never learned from.
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Thinking has to be learned in the way dancing has to be learned.
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I feel like three different people since last year. I don’t know. I still have a pretty short temper. But basically I’ve learned to just not to get caught up in bullshit.
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I've learned through the years how to base my identity and sense of self-worth on myself and not others. I've learned the most critical tool of all: self-love. Now, if it doesn't work out with someone, sure, I'll be hurt. But I'll be bruised, not broken. And I may lose my balance, but I won't be wiped off my feet.
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I learned from James Baldwin that one can be a novelist, essayist, and activist, combined. That being critical of one's country is a way of loving it. That travel is crucial for perspective. That faith needn't be confined to organized religion.
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I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend what I read.
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I felt as though I was partly unlearning what i had never learned and yet knew so well: I mean, how to live.
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I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.
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I actually learned about Cyborg through the cartoon shows, and I think that's how most people learn about Cyborg.
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I have to live for the day, and not worry about or try to know what tomorrow brings.... if I've learned one thing from all that's happened to me, it's that if you would know what tomorrow brings, you may not want to live it.
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The learned compute that seven hundred and seven millions of millions of vibrations have to penetrate the eye before the eye can distinguish the tints of a violet.
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It is very difficult to be learned; it seems as if people were worn out on the way to great thoughts, and can never enjoy them because they are too tired.
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I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn valuable lessons from my students on a daily basis. They taught me the importance of teaching to a student - and not to a test.
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I've been in love with people and ideas in several cities and learned that the lovers I've loved and the ideas I've embraced depended on where I was, how cold it was, and what I had to do to be able to stand it.
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I learned that a real friendship is not about what you can get, but what you can give. Real friendship is about making sacrifices and investing in people to help them improve their lives.
