Mary Roach Quotes

I think with every book you realize you are partway through and there is something really elementary that you should have researched.

Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.

There's always a learning curve, where you've got to learn what your subject is all about.

I had a pretty steep learning curve in film - as I'm still learning.

I think every day you try to soak up as much as you can to learn and understand things better.

You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student.

Well, until this very day, I'm still learning.

I read what I write over and over and make corrections and improvements, until I reach the conclusion that the material deserves to stand on its own.

Editing is simply the application of the common sense of any good reader. That's why, to be an editor, you have to be a reader. It's the number one qualification.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.

I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there's many ways to learn. There are many, many ways to always be a learner.

I want people to believe in themselves. I want intellectual curiosity. I want someone who realizes that they don't know it all and that they're dying to learn.

You don't get any better unless you're around guys who know more than you.

I'm the sort of person who has to learn something properly before I show anyone.

You always have to look at every game and seek to correct mistakes.

Every time is a learning experience, and you pick up a little bit, and you learn things and try not to repeat them the next time.

I think you go through a stage where you're constantly asking questions because you're learning every day, and when it's like that you need to bring results with it.

People should debate. They shouldn't be afraid to talk. You should listen to what other people think and how they make decisions. There should be an exchange of ideas and opinions because that's how we learn.

I like learning new stuff, also, and I can sit there and watch shows on National Geographic and the Discovery Channel or stuff like that and learn something new. I think once you've gone through such a long stage of learning one thing, you're not as well-rounded as you'd like to be.

Most experts and great leaders agree that leaders are made, not born, and that they are made through their own drive for learning and self-improvement.

I consider myself a student, both in my work and my life, and I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly grateful for that.

I'm not a master. I'm a student-master, meaning that I have the knowledge of a master and the expertise of a master, but I'm still learning. So I'm a student-master. I don't believe in the word 'master.' I consider the master as such when they close the casket.

We can teach only if we are willing to learn.