Howard Fast Quotes

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

Words and ideas work in the short run to get you through school and to impress educators and employers. But they do not work in the long run or in the deep run. We soon find ourselves separate and without wonder.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

It's funny how you get a bit older and become more accepting of things. When you're in your twenties, you're skeptical of everything. I definitely felt like that.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

I feel a lot older than I am but at the same time I don't want to play too old on T.V. I still want to be young. I still want to be 20 and enjoy this period of my life where I still have that flexibility.

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.

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

Whether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn't know.

Since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned.

Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes - they don't determine how you live your life! You're either marvellous or you're boring, regardless of your age.

The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is possibly a correlation with intelligence. In any case, you have to be fairly bright to keep learning and changing attitudes as you get older.

The first complete sentence out of my mouth was probably that line about consistency being the hobgoblin of small minds.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

Everybody has an inferiority complex when they step into a room. But then when you have children and you get older, it doesn't really matter. When I was young I had so many inferiority complexes. I had an inferiority complex because I didn't go to university. I had an inferiority complex because I didn't train.

If you are fortunate in life, age and knowledge breed compassion. And as I have gotten older, I came to understand, that a person's sexual orientation has absolutely nothing to do with their ability to be a good parent.

Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.

Our opinions become fixed at the point where we stop thinking.

To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education.

I'm still learning, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don't know.

Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught.

You can be young and still have views and opinions.

I don't think anyone is black and white and I think we change our minds and our attitudes about certain things as we grow to our maturity.