Education

They had a philosophy that we are not here to accumulate, but rather to provide a service to the world- to live a life of service- a service which included education.

Nobel Prize Winner for Gene Targeting in Mice

MIT was one of the places where molecular biology was born, and I could participate in this enterprise with my own hands.

Nobel Prize Winner for Gene Targeting in Mice

I went from having no parents, to having 65! For kids, it was fantastic, there were lots of activities, a very strong community, and everyone cared for each other.

Nobel Prize Winner for Gene Targeting in Mice

If you want to grow, you need to go through something uncomfortable and come out the other end. If you want to grow, you have to go forward in progressive steps. It should always be a little bit uncomfortable because otherwise there's no growth.

Boxing coach of Conor McGregor at Straight Blast Gym Dublin

I've always been self-taught, sort of like the Grandma Moses of acting. If I'd gone to drama school, I would probably have had a very different career- perhaps not as much fun in some ways.

Actor best known for Jurassic Park and The Piano films

The only way I can get truly invested in something is by doing it and understanding the full-stack of why and how it works, rather than playing a role in it- it's why I was so bad at working for other people… I learn through immersion.

Founder of Nasty Gal & Author of "#GIRLBOSS

Here's the simple truth everyone should know: 'race' doesn't exist. In 1950, UNESCO held a commission with the world's top evolutionary biologists, ethnologists and cultural anthropologists examining the scientific evidence for this so-called concept of 'race'. Their conclusion was clear: race doesn't exist – there's no evidence to support it.

People are not born homophobic – or racist or misogynist. That's learned behaviour. This is why the current bid for LGBT-inclusive education in schools is so important.

Human rights activist & campaigner for LGBTQ+ equality and justice

I tell people to activate their inner honey badger. Even your professor should not be free from criticism.

Evolutionary Psychologist & Author Known for Consumer Behavior Research

Postmodernists are intellectual terrorists who fly their planes of bullshit into the edifices of reason.

Evolutionary Psychologist & Author Known for Consumer Behavior Research

It takes intellectuals to come up with really stupid ideas. Unfortunately, these idea pathogens have led us to the abyss of infinite lunacy.

Evolutionary Psychologist & Author Known for Consumer Behavior Research

If you want to do something well you do it 1,000 times, if you want to do something great you do it 10,000 times.

Former SEAL Team Six member who shot Osama bin Laden

The process can kill their musicianship. The process can drown-out the music so much that you can't hear it anymore… you end-up so cut off from your intuitive self that it's a series of obstacles playing a piece of music rather than something which is an expression.

Scottish violinist & classical music ambassador

We have a very strange relationship with empire, a combination of selective amnesia and nostalgia. The amnesia comes from the fact we mostly identify as the nation that won World War 2 not as the nation which had the greatest empire in human history.

British journalist and author, wrote "The Boy with the Topknot

Emotional intelligence however is a skill that is learned and learnable. We learn it in life- and we can be trained in it. It's not enough to have someone come and talk to your team about why it's important however, it's something that needs practice, something that you have to work at.

Psychologist who popularized the concept of emotional intelligence

I learn every single day from my girlfriend, my family, from graduates coming into the business… I try to learn relentlessly.

Founder and CEO of Gymshark, fitness apparel company