Thomas Friedman Quotes

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

It is soooooo necessary to get the basic skills, because by the time you graduate, undergraduate or graduate, that field would have totally changed from your first day of school.

The technology at the leading edge changes so rapidly that you have to keep current after you get out of school. I think probably the most important thing is having good fundamentals.

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.

… in an age of accelerating change, when even the most sophisticated skills are quickly outdated, we will find many allies in the developing world who are coming to understand that the most important skill anyone can learn is the ability to go on learning.

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

Continue to study and learn new skills.

The willingness to learn new skills is very high.

In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn.

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.

In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn.

My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.

You are always learning; there is a lot of grey; don't take things for granted.

Technology is changing so fast that knowledge about specifics can quickly become obsolete. That's why so much of what technicians learn is on the job.

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

Don't be afraid to learn on the job. No matter how much preparation you've done, the tech industry is changing so fast that we're all learning every day.

You're supposed to keep learning. You're not supposed to stagnate.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

I'm a big fan of good grades. But I am going to suggest to you that you will find that the skills of a student are of somewhat less use to you once you get out into what is sometimes referred to as 'the real world.'

I think it's become an economic necessity for people to be able to learn and grow throughout their lives, because most people can't get through their entire career with one skill set. We have to keep reinventing ourselves.

Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.

Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.

The willingness to keep learning is, I think, the most important thing about trying to be good at anything. You never want to stop learning.

I had a teacher, he was 86 years old and his name was Luigi in New York City, and he said, 'Never stop moving. You get to reinvent yourself.' So you have to find ways to reinventing yourself. Especially today, because it's a whole different market - social media is so important.

I think that if you keep your eyes and your ears open and you are receptive to learning, there are skills you can get from any job at all.