Chris Thile Quotes

Well, you sort of get out of the pool room, you get out of the Marine Corps, you get out and read some literature, you become involved with people who also want to know and are ready to share some ideas about literature and thoughts, and it becomes nourished that way.

I loved the college experience of studying.

Just as we have had great working lives, we have also had good personal lives. For instance, we have made school our number one priority. We have been in school our entire lives with kids our own age. We guess that's pretty regular.

I study to learn, to be an educated person.

I've always believed in the importance of education and continuing to learn throughout every stage of life.

In Holy Cross, I came to like school, to like studying in a way I had never done before.

I've started spending more of my time studying, trying to improve my IQ by reading and writing. I've missed out on a lot in life. I don't regret this, of course. Nevertheless, I need to make up for lost time.

In my family, education was always important.

My family has always valued my education.

Study! Study ! Study! Get an education.

I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.

You just shouldn't be spending your summer watching TV.

I remember I would always study at the eleventh hour, but still manage to get good marks. I was very active in sports, and I was an extrovert.

I study for myself, my own games and others.

Education has been really important for me.

The diploma has become a brand and learning should never be about a brand. Learning, the real kind, actually never ends.

I didn't finish college, and I was very sad about that because I don't think I gave myself a chance to learn, to prove to myself that I could learn.

I probably wish I'd worked harder in school. I loved school but it was more a social thing for me. I did well in school but I could have done better.

Many of my memories of my mum are of her in the bath with a book, utilising her limited spare time by simultaneously washing and studying. She left school with no qualifications and now has a PhD. If I seem like I am bragging about this, I am.

I'm grateful that I got a good education and to have all the people I have around me.

A well-rounded education has always been an issue close to my heart.

Nothing substitutes for a great education.

Lifelong learning is becoming commonplace, with people studying at different times when they see the benefits of doing so.

School was always a major player in my personal journey. It allowed me to open up to the world, and also social mobility. It allowed me to enrich myself, to read, learn and understand.

Traveling is not just a pleasure, but it also gets you to meet so many people, experience new things in life and, in return, expand your horizon so much.