Georgie Fame Quotes

I wouldn't miss the fame. I don't go out hunting for it. I try to avoid it and to slip into the background wherever I go.

I am still learning.

I just consider myself a student, trying to learn more about it.

I try to stay out of the spotlight.

When I read or study, I don't do it for the degree - if I fail, it doesn't matter, but it just takes me out of this world where you're the centre of attention all the time. You just become a normal bloke when you're setting yourself those kinds of targets.

Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro.

I don't want to be known as somebody that everybody knows about.

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress.

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.

I'm quite discreet. I think I'd rather focus on my work. So, I only speak when I have something to say. 'Live hidden, and live happy.' Is that the same in English as it is in French?

Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.

To Armstrong, constantly speaking about 'Apollo 11' only diminished the magic. That's why he worked overtime to avoid notice, living a quiet life in Indian Hill, Ohio.

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.

It is glorious to become a learner again at my time of life.

We're always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever.

I'm sure that I don't know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.

I just like to be under the radar and concentrate and do my job.

I don't want to be perceived as someone who has it all figured out. I certainly don't feel entitled or like I'm a superstar. I'm still growing, learning, and figuring things out.

It's a big theme in my life, learning about myself and being a better person. I'm a work in progress; I have revelations every day.

O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.

Learning lines is on my mind until I do know them. I'll read the paper or paint the house to keep from starting to memorize. I've never found an easy way.

I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started to read because I was required to do so for class, but I soon found myself enjoying the seclusion of the library. I came to see reading as an important way to learn about people, including myself.

If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today.

Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature; which one would think, might dispose us to modesty.