Learning Quotes

Online education is pretty special for two reasons. One is that you can get the very best lecture in the world and wherever you are, whenever you want, you can connect to that lecture. The other is this interactivity, where... ...

Don't wallow in failure. Instead, learn from it.

I like my job because it involves learning. I like being around smart people who are trying to figure out new things. I like the fact that if people really try they can figure out how to invent things that... ...

Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren't defeated by it. You're learning from it.

Success is a lousy teacher. It makes you think you know what you're doing.

Contrary to popular belief, I don't spend a whole lot of time following soccer. But as I have traveled around the world to better understand global development and health, I've learned that soccer is truly universal. No matter where I... ...

Sometimes we do get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came along, we had it as a fifth or sixth priority. It wasn't like somebody told me about it and I said, "I don't know how to spell... ...

I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.'

The more you learn, the more you have a framework that the knowledge fits into.

Reward worthy failure - Experimentation.