George Andrew Olah Quotes

Knowledge is the parent of knowledge. He who possesses most of the information of his age will not quietly submit to neglect its current acquisitions, but will go on improving as long as means and opportunities offer; while he who finds himself ignorant of most things, is only too apt to shrink from a labour which becomes Herculean.

Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

My parents lived a modest life, and their main concern was the education of their children. My father was a self-taught man but had a great intellectual curiosity, not only for biblical and talmudic texts, but also for philosophy, psychoanalysis and history.

I may be older but I never stopped studying.

I think education was the key for me, and that's what I tell kids. That base in the classics gave me something to springboard from, which I wouldn't have had if I'd come out to Los Angeles early and been guest punk of the week on 'Hill Street Blues.'

Since I come from an educated background, I love to study.

The limits on your enlightenment come not from the age you stopped going to school but from the age you stopped being curious.

Time is short, life is short, there's a lot to know. So I skip the entertainers in the newspaper now. I just haven't got time.

No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading. I have books overflowing everywhere. I am current on today's events and I read the paper every day, and we talk about it, so they see that appetite.

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.

The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning, you're definitely not an expert.

I definitely am the sort of person that likes to be constantly learning things.

It is not good to settle into a set of opinions. It is a mistake to put forth effort and obtain some understanding and then stop at that…. Do not rely on following the degree of understanding that you have discovered, but simply think, "This is not enough.

You know how when you get older you actually want to learn? When I went to college, I wasn't as interested in the art history classes as I am now.

The most important thing you can do for yourself is get an education. Learn, listen, and respond. You have to study and practice to get better at your craft and to widen your skill set.

A man learns all his life and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything.

I see myself as a student. Trying to learn everything.

One of my secret nerdy things is that I love education.

I do love Turner Classic Movies, because I feel like I'm not wasting as much time. I'm almost educating myself if I watch that.

I think the things that I learned that stick with me are things you often repeat, even today, which is never stop learning.

You never finish learning.

It's important to have the opportunity to learn.

Many of my memories of my mum are of her in the bath with a book, utilising her limited spare time by simultaneously washing and studying. She left school with no qualifications and now has a PhD. If I seem like I am bragging about this, I am.

I hope I could spend the rest of my life learning and communicating.