“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” ~~ Groucho Marx
Filed Under: Education, Groucho Marx, Knowledge, Learning, Reading
“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird… So let’s look at the bird and see what it’s doing — that’s what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.” ~~ Richard Feynman
“Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.” ~~ Confucius
“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.” ~~ B. F. Skinner
“You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think.” ~~ The Talmud
“Knowledge rests on knowledge; what is new is meaningful because it departs slightly from what was known before.” ~~ Robert Oppenheimer
“He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.” ~~ Joseph Joubert
“Inaction saps the vigor of the mind.” ~~ Leonardo da Vinci
