USNA had a great engineering school, which was one of my interests, and I knew I would benefit from the great discipline and accountability that Navy provides.


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I don't mind being a tourist at all, and a gawker. I just walk around.
ANN ROBINSON
The answer is not to standardize education, but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each...
KEN ROBINSON
You can be creative in anything - in math, science, engineering, philosophy - as much as you can in ...
KEN ROBINSON
When comics came along in the 1930s there was a talent pool waiting. And one reason is so many areas...
JERRY ROBINSON
There is a close analogy between organic chemistry in its relation to biochemistry and pure mathemat...
ROBERT ROBINSON
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
JACKIE ROBINSON
As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accep...
ABRAHAM ROBINSON
How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
JACKIE ROBINSON
You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank Go...
SMOKEY ROBINSON
You look at Superman, the story of an orphan coming to America, keeping his identity secret and even...
JERRY ROBINSON
Every mother and daughter should make time for a trip together. It's good for the soul.
ANNE ROBINSON
My first novel, 'Housekeeping,' was accepted by the first agent who read it, and bought by t...
MARILYNNE ROBINSON
Many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they're not - because the thing they were...
KEN ROBINSON
The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it's to create a culture where every...
KEN ROBINSON
Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negro...
JACKIE ROBINSON
If you're running an engineering or finance company, all companies depend on ideas and ingenuity...
KEN ROBINSON
Very often, organizations are inflexible because there is too little communication between functions...
KEN ROBINSON
There's a wealth of talent that lies in all of us. All of us, including those who work in school...
KEN ROBINSON
Creativity is as important as literacy and numeracy, and I actually think people understand that cre...
KEN ROBINSON
If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.
KEN ROBINSON
School systems should base their curriculum not on the idea of separate subjects, but on the much mo...
KEN ROBINSON
Human resources are like natural resources; they're often buried deep. You have to go looking fo...
KEN ROBINSON
You create your life, and you can recreate it, too. In times of economic downturn and uncertainty, i...
KEN ROBINSON
We live in worlds that we have forged and composed. It's much more true than any of the species ...
KEN ROBINSON
I believe this passionately: that we don't grow into creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather, w...
KEN ROBINSON
Whether or not you discover your talents and passions is partly a matter of opportunity. If you'...
KEN ROBINSON
What you're doing now, or have done in the past, need not determine what you can do next and in ...
KEN ROBINSON
The arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central c...
KEN ROBINSON
Now the problem with standardized tests is that it's based on the mistake that we can simply sca...
KEN ROBINSON
All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingnes...
KEN ROBINSON
Learning happens in the minds and souls, not in the databases of multiple-choice tests.
KEN ROBINSON
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not ra...
KEN ROBINSON
You can't just give someone a creativity injection. You have to create an environment for curios...
KEN ROBINSON
This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.
JACKIE ROBINSON
Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don't fee...
KEN ROBINSON
It's a lot of fun. We're going to get to make a lot of noise.
BEN ROBINSON
I've always been fascinated by the culture of India.
BEN ROBINSON
This is an important trip for several reasons. It's going to be a huge help to the people of India b...
BEN ROBINSON
We thought the dream would be over at a quarter to six last night. The dream lives on. It's fantasti...
BEN ROBINSON
It's like winning the Lottery and the (football) pools on the same night.
BEN ROBINSON
That is the short-term solution. In the summer we have to spend a lot of money having it rectified m...
BEN ROBINSON
You didn't have to go on location if you could just shoot down City Hall, LA.
ANN ROBINSON
Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I t...
MARILYNNE ROBINSON
I think Carrot Top is hilarious.
CRAIG ROBINSON