Taught Quotes

My childhood taught me nothing... zero.

I wish the children could be taught early on that our thinking creates our experience.

The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that's something that can't be taught.

A book, I was taught long ago in English class, is a living and breathing document that grows richer with each new reading.

We're taught to take care of people we love, but sometimes you can't.

My Dad taught me that good health is all about living in gratitude.

I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It taught me to be honest. There is no greater virtue than honesty.

Sport taught me how to goal set, it really gave me a voice and identity.

Experience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience.

Experience has taught that politics is a game played by conmen and hypocrites.

Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 52nd Street.

My parents both worked - my mom was an accountant, and my dad is a builder - and that taught me about having a really strong work ethic, and I respected them a lot for that.

One thing my parents always taught me was to maximize my options.

Chickens are cheerless birds, I advise you to keep geese which can be taught to follow like dogs, one needs all the companionship one can get in these days.

Lessons taught but never learned, all around us anger burns. Guide the future by the past. Long ago the mould was cast.

Get smart, work hard and remain truthful to those who have taught you something to better love and serve your dancing.

Fatty, a bearded collie-terrier mix, is the kindest, cuddliest dog. And Oliver, a white golden retriever, even looks like me! My dogs have taught me to be more loving, more nurturing, and happier.

One of the principle things life has taught me is that we always have a choice. When we say we "can't," we usually mean we're just not willing to pay the price.

I'm Catholic and Mum taught me the comfort that you can get from going to church. But I'm an a la carte Catholic. I love all the pomp and ceremony of it.

I taught writing classes at the University of Pennsylvania for a number of years and I realized that all you can do is encourage people and give them assignments and hope they will write them.

Life has been very hard on me, but, at the same time, it has taught me a great deal.

When I want something, I want it now, and Daft Punk taught me to be more patient.

Is virtue something that can be taught?

The creativity of childhood was often surrendered amid feelings of unworthiness. So the idea that ­others are demanding to be given it back - to be "taught" - is disturbing.

I've got kids that are always watching and I taught them to always finish something you started.

To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written.

Frank Sinatra taught me how to do him. It took me seven years to master him. He would tell me, tap your foot, Rich, and don't forget to grasp your sleeve.

Our experience with knowledge, the way we know things, is not that neat. It doesn't fit into a grand narrative, the way we've been taught to read.

There are a lot of things my mother taught me and helped me and disciplined me and made sure I stayed on the right track. And there are a ton of things that only my father could have taught me.

The problem I have with schools is, people are taught, 'This is how you do this.' They're not taught about why you do this.

Jesus modeled a purpose-driven life, and he taught others how to live it, too. That was the "work" that brought glory to God.

No one's really taking it seriously enough, being more kind of careful and cautious in planning your life out and trying to reach a goal. It takes a great deal of effort - and this cannot be taught.

My dad served 21 years and my mom did 13, so through that process, they taught me that I always have to give back.

I'm old school. I was taught that ice was for bourbon, not for your arm.

I have so many different role models who have taught me so many different things at so many different points in my life, it doesn't feel like I have one person that I have to live up to.

That thing, multiculturalism, has basically taken over the curriculum, or what is taught in the public school system.

AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself.

A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.

If I could identify one core problem about the world, it's that we've been taught to distrust ourselves.

For me, I grew up in a house doing charity work for homeless people, and my parents had a lot of homeless friends. We were always taught to not discriminate and not judge.

Diabetes taught me discipline.

I think being a Catholic made me a better person. It taught me how to choose good over evil, and how to be a more caring human being.

You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.

My experience of living with people of diverse religions and cultures taught me that one will never be at peace with the other if one is at war with oneself.

For me, it's good fortune to be between two cultures. Growing up in Germany taught me a lot. I am a world citizen. Today I can adapt well no matter where I am. Even when it's not always easy.

Experience has taught me that manufacturers are now as necessary to our independence as to our comfort.

Motherhood has been the best thing that has ever happened to me. It has taught me a lot about myself, about the things I'm great at, and the things I need to work on.

As many have learned and later taught, you don't realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.

I used to entertain myself - I taught myself to use stilts and juggle and ride a unicycle. But I was never immediately interested in theatre.

I was taught that you didn't want to be part of the group - that it was better to do your own thing.