Alexis Ren Quotes

I think documentaries are the greatest way to educate an entire generation that doesn't often look back to learn anything about the history that provided a safe haven for so many of us today.

In case you're unfamiliar with TED, it is a series of short lectures on a variety of subjects that stream on the Internet for free.

The trend for documentaries will never go away, because everybody wants to learn about the world. The world is awful in parts, but there's always going to be briliant documentaries about it, and there's always going to be people who want to see them.

I wouldn't call myself a geek, but I do sometimes teach Mommy and Daddy stuff about computers. And I do watch TV, but only informative programmes like the news and documentaries.

When I came back from my first TED, very few people knew what it was. But around the time I was sitting down to write 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette,' in 2010, TED was exploding.

I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that.

I like documentaries; I watch the Soccer Channel; I like the Military Channel.

I'd like to share my experiences and the lessons I've learned and hopefully create some amazing, fun courses.

I read more history books than anything else.

I don't like to read fiction. I like to learn something when I'm reading.

YouTube has so much great content. And it really has something for everybody. And people come up to me all the time and talk to me about how YouTube has changed their life, how they've been able to learn something they didn't think they could learn.

YouTube is my university.

I listen to a lot of TED talks and motivational speakers.

I love to watch documentaries on The History Channel and TLC.

Whenever I get in a car and I'm going to or from the airport or the train station, I put on a TED Talk using the TED app. It makes the trip go by super fast, and it fills my sails.

Documentary films have always been my passion, I have done documentaries.

I don't watch a lot of TV, but I watch cartoons. And documentaries.

I'm hoping to learn something new every day. It sounds corny, but I really do come in here every day, listening and talking with the veteran guys and seeing what I can absorb.

What can you possibly add to a mind that's full, especially one that's full of itself.

Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other.

We teach what we need to learn.

Everybody should have a documentary made about themselves. It's amazing what you see and what you learn.

Knowledge exists to be imparted.

I travel because I want to know. Books and documentaries will only get you so far. If you want to know, you will have to go.

In order always to learn something from others (which is the finest school there can be), I observe in my travels this practice: I always steer those with whom I talk back to the things they know best.