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...

I could sing in English before I could understand it because I phonetically learned it from the musicals.

Poverty was an ornament on a learned man like a red ribbon on a white horse.

When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.

I’m blessed with a good pair of ears. That’s how I fooled my piano teacher. I’d watch his fingers and I’d listen to it, and I just kind of basically learned it by myself.

The tools I learned photographing celebrities, now I want to use them to sell ideas.

The treasure of life, learning.

Well I certainly have learned and I hope I’m moving on and certainly two years of prison was a terrible punishment.

Although I performed in high school, my first real experience with theater was performing with a student-run organization at Vanderbilt University called The Original Cast where I learned that I loved performing and especially loved...

I learned how to dance every move of ‘Billie Jean.’

Everything I learned about the game of baseball, I learned from my dad.

I’m very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I just learned from playing to those drummers.

The Japanese keenly learned from Western civilisation in a bid to modernize and preserve the nation.

I think the most important thing that I’ve learned is that you live and you learn. Try not to make the same mistakes twice.

Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned a lot about that in that movie.

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you’re doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you’ve learned it.

I’ve learned to be more accepting of myself. I’m 37, not 18, and I’ve got the lines to prove it. I try to remind myself that a girl can have it all, just not all...

I think what I learned in research is that as Americans, we’re very distrustful of anger. We’re not sure if we should repress it. The idea that anger is supposed to be controlled is American,...

It all started with the most basic level of Uta Hagen, right at the beginning. I’m like, ‘Really? I came to grad school; I’m going to do the ‘Respect for Acting’?’ And I realized the...

I learned to read very early so I could read the comics, which I then started to draw.

I’ve learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious.