The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience. Chinua Achebe experiencelearnthing Change image and share on social
Obviously an actor draws on his own experience. Christopher Walken actordrawexperience Change image and share on social
The more I thought to myself, 'Are my thoughts right, am I being obedient enough?' the worse it was... one of the most painful things you can experience in life is not so much physical pain, but being self-occupied. Because to the extent you are self-occupied, that's the extent you will be in pain. Joseph Prince badlyexperienceextent share on social
Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience. Bill Watterson bodyconversationalequivalent Change image and share on social
As a young singer, you have to get experience somehow, to try things out and grow as a singer. They way you do that is by going through the ranks and singing at companies like Opera Birmingham. It's a perfect place to foster a career. Susanna Phillips birminghamcareercompany share on social
Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character. Kate Winslet actcharacterexperience share on social
We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience. George Bernard Shaw experiencelearnman Change image and share on social
'Prima Donna' is my kind of love song to opera but it's not the full experience. Rufus Wainwright donnaexperiencefull Change image and share on social
I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy. Norman Jewison comedyexperiencemood Change image and share on social
So when you do your family tree and Margaret Cho does hers, and... Wanda Sykes and John Legend... we're adding to the database that scholars can then draw from to generalize about the complexity of the American experience. And that's the contribution that family trees make to broader scholarship. Henry Louis Gates addamericanbroad share on social