The acquisition of knowledge need not be like listening to the Gregorian chant.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

At the 15th he led the crowd in a chant when I was teeing off. But he was very gracious and affable. He's just a regular guy, not pretentious at all.

You're short on ears and long on mouth.

Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence. Every person in this life has something to teach me - and as soon as I accept that, I open myself to truly listening. -John Lahr.

The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility.