“You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.”

“You have to study a great deal to know a little.”

“Learn to measure the people you deal with by the depth of their soul, and if possible associate as much as you can with those of the expansive variety.”

“Joel, lad, school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life.”

“You have to learn to pace yourself.
Pressure.
You're just like everybody else.
Pressure.
You've only had to run so far,
So good.
But you will come to a place
Where the only thing you feel
Are loaded guns in your face.
And you'll have to deal with
Pressure.”

“If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators.”

“If you learn music you'll learn most all there is to know.”

“A Little Learning misleadeth, and a great deal often stupifieth the Understanding.”

“[After college] I was going to study at the Sorbon and become a diplomat. Being a diplomat comes in handy when you are dealing with record companies.”

“I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.”