It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.
I'm still learning about my swing more. I continue to learn, with the help of my hitting instructors.
Learning to be your natural self in front of five cameras and a silent studio takes time. Trying to be funny under duress is probably a lot like trying to play golf relaxed under pressure.
You cannot open a book without learning something.
He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
Even though I was theatrically trained, learning to develop a character was an awesome experience.
I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.
Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I've been practising it for so long over so many years I've almost lost my accent.
My favorite place is whichever sidewalk is beneath my feet because I am just constantly fascinated by walking and looking and learning. If I've already walked a street five times, then the next five times I walk it looking up, and I learn something about the cornices.
A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.
Online education, then, can serve two goals. For students lucky enough to have access to great teachers, blended learning can mean even better outcomes at the same or lower cost. And for the millions here and abroad who lack access to good, in-person education, online learning can open doors that would otherwise remain closed.
Sailing is the closest I can get to nature - it's adrenaline, fear, a constant challenge and learning experience, an adventure into the unknown. And of course there is nothing better than wearing the same T-shirt for days and not brushing my hair for weeks.
Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument - learning to do your craft - that's the most important thing! It's not about what goes on in a computer!
I love learning new techniques.
In today's world, learning has become the key to economic prosperity, social cohesion and personal fulfillment. We can no longer afford to educate the few to think, and the many to do.
Everything I read about hitting a midlife crisis was true. I had such a struggle letting go of youthful things and learning how to exist and have enthusiasm while settling into the comfort of an older age.
I believe human beings mark a threshold in the development of the planet, of course, but it is only part of the picture. What Big History can do is show us the nature of our complexity and fragility and the dangers that face us, but it can also show us our power, with collective learning.
Every time you feel depressed about something, try to identify a corresponding negative thought you had just prior to and during the depression. Because these thoughts have actually created your bad mood, by learning to restructure them, you can change your mood.
There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves.
Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.
In the past, people generally believed they could acquire magic in two ways: through learning the craft, either from another practitioner or from books; or through obtaining magic from a powerful being-think Faust or the classic, demonized witch, both of whom get their mojo from Satan.
I'm learning to believe that my epilepsy doesn't disbar me from being considered attractive, so if I think I look palatable in A&E I'll damn well Instagram it.
As an entrepreneur, you never stop learning.
Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.
Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.
Well, until this very day, I'm still learning.
What people actually refer to as research nowadays is really just Googling.
You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I'm learning.
There's a lot that machine learning can't do that humans can do very, very well.
'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms.
I have grown up on a diet of sunrise picnics, learning the names of butterflies, planting trees.
I'd think learning to play the guitar would be very confusing for sighted people.
I discovered that in a story I could safely dream any dream, hope any hope, go anywhere I pleased any time I pleased, fight any foe, win or lose, live or die. My stories created a safe experimental learning place.
Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.
The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.
Collaboration is important not just because it's a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives. So learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for effectiveness, problem solving, innovation and life-long learning in an ever-changing networked economy.
Knowledge is exploding, so you need to commit yourself to a plan for lifelong learning.
I really believe that what happens one day affects the next, and I think that came from that experience of learning that if I told the score inning by inning, play by play, it built up to its natural climax.
That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.
In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.
A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.
The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
While learning to code may have once been an arduous or expensive process, the college dropouts who developed Codecademy have democratized coding as surely as Gutenberg democratized text. Anyone can go to Codecademy and start learning and creating code through their simple, fun, interactive window, for free.
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.
The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.
The role of innovation inside the company is so important. That's how we get growth, and there's no way to drive innovation without learning and change.