Quotes on e-learning and education

This week I wanted to post something entertaining that we all could enjoy reading. With this thought in mind I searched the internet for funny or ironical quotes on learning and e-learning specifically.

Here are the some of the jewels of my search :)

Quotes on e-learning:

“Education is the only business still debating the usefulness of technology…." (Rod Paige)

"Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who
manage what they do not understand. (Unknown)"

"The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. (Carl Rogers)"

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. (A. Toffler)"

"I am always doing what I cannot do, in order to learn how to do it (Pablo Picasso)"

"Educations purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. (Malcom Forbes)"

"Anyone who stops learning is old whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning is young. (Henry Ford)"

"The next big killer application for the Internet is going to be education. Education over the Internet is going to be so big; it is going to make e-mail look like a rounding error. (J. Chambers)"

"The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage. (P. Senge)"

Quotes on education in general:

"Is it easier to motivate a skilled person than to train a motivated person? (N. Dempster)"

"Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. (W. Churchill)"

“Education: Being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. It's knowing where to go to find out what you need to know; and it's knowing how to use the information once you get it. (William Feather) “

“You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. (Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian physicist and astronomer) “

Education is...

“One of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get. (William Lowe Bryan) “

“Hanging around until you've caught on. Robert Frost “

“Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught. (George Savile, English statesman and author (1633-1695)) “

“Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance. (Will Durant (1885-1981) )”

“Education … has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. (G. M. Trevelyan (1876-1962) British historian)”

“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad. Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American president)”

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. (Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer.)”

Hopefully some of you found these quotes amysing and/or relevant!

links to the sites:
http://www.e-learning.nl/subpage.aspx?l1=4&l2=40
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/eduquote.htm