The first thing I learned about having money was that it gives you choices. People don’t want to be rich. They want to be able to choose. The richer you are, the more choices you...

One of the things I learned, one of the strangest things, is how to think. There was nothing else to do. I couldn’t see people, or go for a walk in the forest. All I...

I’ve been through a marriage, and I’m still very fond of my ex-husband; but if I’ve learned anything, it’s that relationships are about compromise.

I’ve learned sometimes you just have to take the bad from people.

When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.

I’ve learned how to appreciate what I have. And it’s a lot. I’m very lucky.

I learned a lesson which I didn’t heed: Don’t put yourself in your movies. It’s too much.

What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

I’m no politician. I’m an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that I’m acting.

When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff, or try out what I learned...

What that book does for me is give me the tools in the same way that I had the tools when I learned the regular scales or the alphabet. If you give me the tools,...

I’ve learned that to expose yourself, to reveal yourself is a test of your humanness.

Who put the S in comic to make cosmic? / The Self, which is the self of all beings – / choosing to disguise from themselves / that everything is just a game. // With...

The storytelling gift is innate: one has it or one doesn’t. But style is at least partly a learned thing: one refines it by looking and listening and reading and practice – by work.

As someone who has had cancer, I learned that you don’t have to die. Look at me. Because of early detection, I’m fine. I’m cured. I’m well.

I’m a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I’m even afraid of it – it’s a learned affectation and it’s just stuck on me like decals. Now...

What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world.

Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.

The most important thing I learned at the University of Florida is that a Ph.D. and writing papers is very important in the United States.

I’m not sure if I’ve learned anything from show business. Life in general has taught me if you’re kind to people, everything gets easier. Being a decent person really smoothes the way for you and...

When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright.

I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string...

I used to wear more makeup, but I’ve learned to enjoy being natural.

I’ve learned that the perfect picture that I hold in my mind of what my life looks like is constantly changing, growing, evolving. I remind myself that I am exactly where I need to be...

I learned to put 100 percent into what you’re doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and...

I’ve learned over the years that the best way to develop as an artist is to make things. So I tell young artists it’s not enough to be an actor anymore, you have to be...

I’ve spent most of my life doing some sort of exercise, but I’ve learned to never push myself into doing it. I know that when I am up for it I will, and when I’m...

Growing up, my dad drank a lot of wine, so I got a taste for, and learned how to enjoy it. He spoke a lot about flavors and differences in tastes of wine. Also, our...

I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don’t know anything you don’t need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you.

People communicate in Twittering ways. I’ve learned how to do that.

The biggest lesson I’ve learned by living abroad for the last four years is the importance of communication.

Thomas Jefferson is by far the smartest president,” said Thomas Jefferson, about Thomas Jefferson, and to Thomas Jefferson. Even though he was only the third president, he might be surprised to learn that today. I...

It’s unbelievable how many things I’ve learned from Merlin Olsen.

You’re going to have to speak up for yourself – and I learned that after always being, for lack of a better word, crapped on.

I’m a young actor and I haven’t learned everything there is about acting.

Reading and writing are connected. I learned to read very early so I could read the comics, which I then started to draw.

The thing that I’ve learned is that there really is no joy, and nothing ever good is going to come from negativity. Those are thoughts that, even if you were presenting an honest version of...

I’ve been working with contractors designing and building a house on a nonstop basis since 2005. I learned about all these systems of audio, construction, electricity, energy, water systems.

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

I’ve learned survival secrets from being on camera, and then translated them into everyday life.

If I hadn’t been a designer, I’d have been a painter. I began as a painter and learned the craft of pottery in order to support myself.

I’ve learned that I work best when I’m entirely naked. The recording process was done that way.

I think it was always there and it was maybe a matter of bringing it out. It was harder than I thought it would be and I had to try harder. I had to regain...

I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have. I learned that from Muhammad Ali;...

I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly talented performers were generous enough in teaching me.

We all learned how to walk and talk by interacting with our environment, with real goals and rewards.

What I learned from people like Carlos Santana is that you cannot get too happy after working for five years in the industry. It takes years and years, and I learned to keep a straight...