Learning quotes

“- Maj. Reisman: How come you speak German?
- Joseph Wladislaw: My old man came from Silesia. He didn't speak German, he didn't dig coal. If he didn't dig coal, he didn't eat.”
Lee Marvin - Maj. John Reisman
Charles Bronson - Joseph Wladislaw

“Have you ever had a special teacher? One who taught you things you may not understand, but who never gives up? Who knows the really tough lessons take a lifetime to learn? The last class of my old professor's life took place once a week on Tuesdays. The subject was the meaning of life.”
Hank Azaria - Mitch Albom

“- Charles McCulloch: You know, long lady, you've been coming out here every summer for the last three years and you still haven't learned how to swim.
- Young Rennie Wickham: I'll take some lessons this time. I promise.
- Charles McCulloch: Now, that's what you said last year. I think the time has come for your first swimming lesson. You don't...” (continue)(continue reading)
Peter Mark Richman - Charles McCulloch
Amber Pawlick - Young Rennie Wickham

“Some people never learn.”
Michael Oliver - Junior

“When you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”
Jack Lemmon - Morrie Schwartz

“- Crush: Okay. Squirt here will now give you a rundown of proper exiting technique.
- Squirt: Good afternoon. We're gonna have a great jump today. Okay, first crank a hard cutback as you hit the wall. There's a screaming bottom curve, so watch out! Remember: rip it, roll it, and punch it.
- Marlin: It's like he's trying to speak to me, I know it.”

Andrew Stanton - Crush
Nicholas Bird - Squirt
Albert Brooks - Marlin

“- Happy: This is Dopey, he don't talk none.
- Snow White: You mean he can't talk?
- Happy: He don't know, he never tried.”
Otis Harlan - Happy
Adriana Caselotti - Snow White

“- King Neptune: This crown does more than cover a slightly receding hairline. It entitles the wearer to rule the sea. One day, you will wear this crown.
- Mindy: I'm going to be bald?
- King Neptune: Thinning! Anyway, the point is, you won't wear it until you learn to rule with an iron fist, like your father.”
Jeffrey Tambor - King Neptune
Scarlett Johansson - Mindy

I learned the facts of life from watching "The Facts of Life"!
Jim Carrey - The Cable Guy

“You gotta learn to stay ahead of the power curve, kid.”
Charles Cioffi - Captain Ray Tower

“- Gerry Boyle: This is a Gaelic speaking region. Did they not teach you that at Langley?
- FBI agent Wendell Everett: No, they did not teach us that at Langley. For the simple fact that Langley is the CIA, you idiot, not the FBI!”
Brendan Gleeson - Gerry Boyle
Don Cheadle - FBI Agent Wendell Everett

“- Rusty Duritz: When do I learn how to drive?
- Russ Duritz: When you're sixteen.
- Rusty Duritz: When do I get a car?
- Russ Duritz: When you're eighteen.
- Rusty Duritz: When do I get a hickey?
- Russ Duritz: When you're seventeen.
- Rusty Duritz: When do I find out what a hickey is?
- Russ Duritz: Not tonight.”
Spencer Breslin - Rusty Duritz
Bruce Willis - Russ Duritz

“- Mace Windu: The boy has exceptional skills.
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: But he still has much to learn, Master. His abilities have made him... well arrogant.
- Yoda: Yes. Yes. A flaw more and more common among Jedi. Too sure of themselves they are. Even the older, more experienced ones.”

Samuel L. Jackson - Mace Windu
Ewan McGregor - Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Frank Oz - Yoda

- Maggie: So, you're going to give me this "chance". What do I got to do?
- Bob: Learn, Maggie. Learn to speak properly; learn to stand up straight for a start. Then languages, computers, and so on. Do something to help your country for a change.
Bridget Fonda - Maggie
Gabriel Byrne - Bob

“- Phoebus: Sir, request permission to stop this cruelty.
- Frollo: In a moment, captain. A lesson needs to be learned here.”

Kevin Kline - Phoebus
Tony Jay - Frollo

“I know that some of the teachers around here can be pretty trying for you sometimes. But you've got to learn to work in the system, not against it.”
Hattie Winston - Principal Holmstead

“Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything,
except perhaps violence.”
Pearl Bailey

It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude".
Bernie Casey - Mr. Ryan

“- Jen: Which one is it?
- Aughra: Listen, Gelfling, there is much to be learned. And you have no time.”

Stephen Garlick - Jen
Billie Whitelaw - Aughra

“- Dulcy: I wouldn't mind learning chess.
- Leopold: I feel it would be tame for you.
- Dulcy: I like the way the stallions look.
- Leopold: They're called knights. That's a knight. Not a stallion.”
Julie Hagerty - Dulcy
Jose Ferrer - Leopold

“You are here to learn the mysteries of Kung Fu, not linguistics. If you can't understand me, I will communicate with you like I would a dog! When I yell, when I point, when I beat you with my stick!”

Chia-Hui Liu - Pai Mei

“Learning is fun-tastic.”
Rose Abdoo - School Secretary

“Last night with Rudy, I connected to another human being. I want more of that. I want to learn about people, help them with their troubles.”
Robin Williams - Patch Adams

“- Tommy Nowak: Didn't think anyone could run so fast in heels.
- Lou Ann McGuinn: Tina Turner taught me.”
Clint Eastwood - Tommy Nowak
Bernadette Peters - Lou Ann McGuinn

“Why can't you give yourself? Why can't you learn to love?”

Linda Hunt - Billy Kwan