Mary Catherine Bateson Quotes

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

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.

Sometimes what works 40 years ago doesn't work today.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.

The times change, and if you don't change with them, you get left behind.

Life is about trying things to see if they work.

Failure is just a way for our lives to show us we're moving in the wrong direction, that we should try something different

In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.

An ounce of logic can be worth more than a ton of tradition that has become obsolete through the weathering of time.

Change is a great and horrible thing, and people love it or hate it at the same time. Without change, however, you just don't move.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

I'm a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word 'grow.'

Work changes over time, as you change and the world changes.

I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.

If you're not looking toward the future or trying to improve the current technology, you'll be left behind.

Technology changes all the time; human nature, hardly ever.

I always imagined that I would learn something each time that I would take to a new project, then I realized that each new project poses a completely different challenge.

In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

I think it is important to grow. Your fans are growing up with you whether you like it or not. You have to keep it fresh and exciting for them. You have to bring something new to the table each time.

The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.

Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.

The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but I'm so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we'll get used to it. I'm sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk.

We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.