Quotes about Learning Culture

Just learning to think in another language allows you to see your own culture in a better viewpoint. Votes: 3

We must have an expansionary vision, one that captures the imagination and diversity of the whole community, one which benefits a nation which has moved beyond the basics of literacy and numeracy and which wants to develop a learning culture. Votes: 3

In addition to the research, I enjoyed learning French and assimilating the culture of another country. Votes: 2

Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture. Votes: 2

There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization. Votes: 2

After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country. Votes: 2

I'm learning a lot about the culture of weight loss. I didn't know there were bloggers out there who were proud to be fat. Votes: 2

I love traveling and seeing new things, learning the histories of different cultures. But I've always wanted to go to the Galapagos to see the giant turtles. Votes: 2

I enjoy living life and I enjoy going to different restaurants and eating my way through a country and going to different museums and learning about different cultures. Votes: 2

Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as necessary as the learning. Votes: 2

Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated; therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world at the expense of culture. Votes: 2

That has been one of the best, most rewarding things about being an actor - traveling throughout the world, meeting all kinds of different people and learning about other cultures. Votes: 2

Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children. Votes: 2

Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here. Votes: 2

In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not DNA. Votes: 2

I've learned that for Indian people, the opportunity for us to succeed is very slim. So acting was a great tool for that. And in the process of learning about my culture, I've learned how to connect myself again to my ancestors. Votes: 2

When I left the U.S. for the first time, I spent my first year abroad in Japan. That culture shock and abundance of new stimuli combined with a lack of guidance forced me to develop my own approaches to learning and juggling. Votes: 2

My kids miss me when I'm away, but I don't mind living out of a suitcase. The U.K., U.S., France, Germany, Iraq... it's such a thrill meeting people of different cultures, learning about and from them. It's changed my perception about life, humanity and spirituality. Votes: 2

When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there. Votes: 2

I doubt the terrorists saw 9/11 as a teaching opportunity. And we're not really a culture geared to anything as humble as 'learning.' But I was disappointed in how quickly everyone wanted to get back to normal. It was as if we watched terrorism on TV for a while, then got bored and turned back to 'American Idol.' Votes: 2

I grew up in the age of discount air fare, and for me, the act of joining a culture was a great way about learning about that different culture. So I grew up in the South, and went to college in the North, and found out that I learned about myself as a Southerner by leaving the South and going to the Northeast. Votes: 2

Learning to take hold of one's life is very difficult in a culture that values property over life. Votes: 0

Learning is not easy, but hard; culture is severe. The steps to Parnassus are steep and terribly arduous. Votes: 0

Wherever learning breeds specialists, the sum of human culture is enhanced thereby. That is the illusion and consolation of specialists. Votes: 0

Whether we're talking about race or gender or class, popular culture is where the pedagogy is, it's where the learning is. Votes: 0

Being brought up in a culture is a matter of learning appropriate forms of feeling as much as particular ways of thinking. Votes: 0

Being brought up in a culture is a matter of learning appropriate forms of feeling as much as particular ways of thinking." Votes: 0

Humans become human through intense learning not just of survival skills but of customs and social mores, kinship and social laws-that is, culture. Votes: 0

I have engaged in hyper-male culture, and I'm learning about it, and I'm learning how I can change and help young boys and young men change. Votes: 0

The Bostonians take their learning too sadly: culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their "Hub," as they call it, is the paradise of prigs. Votes: 0

Unexamined wallpaper is classroom practices and institutional policies that are so entrenched in school culture or a teacher's paradigm that their ability to affect student learning is never probed. Votes: 0