Quotes Tagged With :autodidact

There is nothing to be gained by pretending that academic involvement is necessary, or even always desirable,....

Watch movies. Read screenplays. Let them be your guide. […] Yes, McKee has been able to break down....

In the construction of houses, choice of woods is made. Straight un-knotted timber of good appearance....

Owing to the shape of a bell curve, the education system is geared to the mean. Unfortunately, that kind....

A young woman forced to keep drunks supplied with beer and siblings with cleanunderwear—instead of....

One of the best examples of a polymath is Leonardo da Vinci. Born in Italy in 1452, Leonardo was a sculptor,....

The institution that had the greatest effect on Berenson's education was the Boston public library, the....

Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he....

In mathematics, in physics, people are concerned with what you say, not with your certification. But....

For those of you who may be homeschooled: high school is that four-year asylum where they put teenagers....