Quotes tagged ‘studying’

“Summer: I'm busy. Studying. Naked. Seth: Is that supposed to keep me away? Summer: Cohen? You're at my house! Seth: And you're dressed. I wonder who's more disappointed.”

— Josh Schwartz, Seth Cohen, Adam Brody, imdb.com

“Seth: Not now, Mom. I'm studying naked. Summer: Eww. Seth: Summer? Summer: What kind of family do you have, Cohen? Seth: The kind where mothers and sons always wear clothing. Even in the shower.”

— Melissa Rosenberg, Allan Heinberg, Seth Cohen, Adam Brody, imdb.com

“Nicky: Look at you, blondie. What'd you do? Piper: Aren't you not supposed to ask that question? I read that you're not supposed to ask that. Nicky: You read that? What, you studied for prison?”

— Jenji Kohan, Nicole 'Nicky' Nichols, Natasha Lyonne, imdb.com

“[as Ben studies, visions of his friends and family appear before him] Vito Paducci: Ben, what are you doing sitting up studying? You've got the answer sheet in your pocket. Doesn't that bed look mighty comfortable? Ben Seaver: [scoffs] I can't cheat, Vito, they're onto me! Vito Paducci: You're not t…”

— Tim O'Donnell, Margaret "Maggie" Malone Seaver, Joanna Kerns, imdb.com

“Richie: Why did you let me kiss you if you didn't want to go steady? Cindy: Because whenever I study with boys, all they think about is how to kiss me. So, I give them one kiss, and then we can concentrate on the books. It's a study system.”

— Jack Winter, Richie Cunningham, Ron Howard, imdb.com

“I expect to gain a good deal of new light, & to get a good lift, in studying…though probably I shall be a long time about this. I could wish I went on quicker. That is I wish a human head, or my head at all events, could take in a great deal more & a great deal more rapidly than is the case; and if…”

— Ada Lovelace, claymath.org

“Bridgette: What happened to you at Harvard? Casey: What do you mean? Bridgette: I don't know. Harvard's made you— Casey: What? Bridgette: Just like, you're just different. Casey: Different? Bridgette: Yeah, just like, you know. Casey: Well, in high school, I was different. Bridgette: You were not. C…”

— Frankie Shaw, Emily Goldwyn, Bridgette Bird, Frankie Shaw, imdb.com

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice.”

— Pele, twitter.com

“I think if you study--if you learn too much of what others have done, you may tend to take the same direction as everybody else.”

— Jim Henson, amazon.com

“What's the best place to study at college? Under the teacher's desk.”

— Vininn126, reddit.com

“5-year-old: I don't want to go to school anymore. Me: You have to. It's your job. 5: Then why don't I get paid?”

— James Breakwell, twitter.com

“Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.”

— Maria Mitchell, en.wikiquote.org

“I deal with my anxiety disorder the same way I study for tests. I don't”

— Sue_S_Pekt, reddit.com

“I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, it is my physic.”

— Michel de Montaigne, amazon.com

“The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.”

— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com

“The one mantra if you want to get good at something is not: Learn. Or read. Or study. Or dream. It’s do. Every day.”

— James Altucher, thoughtcatalog.com

“I just want to not be me. Whether it's sleeping or playing video games or riding my bike or studying. Giving my brain up. That's what's important.”

— Ned Vizzini, amazon.com

“Mr. Clarke: 'Hello?' Dustin: 'Mr Clarke, it's Dustin.' Mr. Clarke: 'Dustin? Is everything okay?' Dustin: 'Ye-yeah, I just, I, I have a... science question.' Mr. Clarke: 'It's ten o'clock on Saturday. Why don't we pick this up on...' Dustin: 'Do you know anything about sensory deprivation tanks? Spec…”

— Ross Duffer, Matt Duffer, netflix.com

“At times when we believe we are studying something, we are only being receptive to a kind of daydreaming.”

— Gaston Bachelard, amazon.com

“If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which means 'flunk'.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com