Famous Quotes

"It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them."

Edward Sapir on Learning

More quotes about Learning

• "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

  Maya Angelou on Learning

• "Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school."

  Albert Einstein on Learning

• "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Learning

• "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Learning

• "Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored."

  Earl Nightingale on Learning

More quotes by Edward Sapir

• "Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society."

• "The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant."

• "A firm, for instance, that does business in many countries of the world is driven to spend an enormous amount of time, labour, and money in providing for translation services."

• "It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection."

• "A firm, for instance, that does business in many countries of the world is driven to spend an enormous amount of time, labour, and money in providing for translation services."