Jacqueline Carey Quotes

Basically, I'm a perpetual student. I start by finding a subject I really don't know very much, but that I'm curious about. I learn about it through books in a library, by doing interviews with people who know a lot about the subject, and by going out on my own and seeing for myself what's happening.

You only stop learning when you quit.

I'm always trying to find brain food and indulge in knowledge that's gonna be useful.

Education is gathering information and reading... No human being can thrive without some form of education. How you get it is up to you - the important thing is that you get it.

I subscribe to about 200 blogs. I look for insights and good writing, and I look to get smarter.

I just love to read, learn, and think through complex things.

I'm a good learner. I am fond of reading and educating myself all the time.

If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructors but from the very life experience itself.

Learning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.

Self-education is a continuing source of pleasure to me, for the more I know, the fuller my life is and the better I appreciate my own existence

We are affected by what we know so get the information. Don't be lazy in learning

I'm a nerd; I enjoy educating myself and learning things.

If you love to read, you can learn anything you really want to know.

To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself, and enlarges the sphere of existence.

You don't have to be the specialist on everything. You can try to inform yourself.

A lot of times I'm on my own trying to find research material and things like that and trying to educate myself on the world and the film that I'm working on.

Every three or four years I pick a new subject. It may be Japanese art; it may be economics. Three years of study are by no means enough to master a subject but they are enough to understand it. SO for more than 60 years I have kept studying one subject at a time.

Do you wish to learn? There are books that can teach you anything, and there is no cheaper form of education, nor one whose effects are more lasting. My education came from books, and they have been my companions by many campfires, in bunkhouses, ships' forecastles, in hotels and on planes. No matter where you find me, I am never far from a book.

The day that you stop learning is the day that you start decreasing your rewards and start suffering from frustration and lower levels of satisfaction.

It is manifest that all government of action is to be gotten by knowledge, and knowledge best, by gathering many knowledges, which is reading.

Persistence overshadows even talent as the most valuable resource shaping the quality of life.

Read, read read. Read everything.

The best education you can get is investing in yourself, and that doesn't mean college or university.

Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!

I try never to let my schooling get in the way of my education.