There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
B. F. Skinner (1904 - 1990), New Scientist, May 21, 1964
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.
William Wirt (1772 - 1834)
I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988)
That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.
Doris Lessing
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
Gail Godwin
Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.
W. Edwards Deming (1900 - 1993)
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Plutarch
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
Will Durant