Taught Quotes

The mob taught me how to play gin rummy.

You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't.

Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.

Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities.

They taught me different was wrong.

My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

Can advertising foist an inferior product on the consumer? Bitter experience has taught me that it cannot. On those rare occasions when I have advertised products which consumer tests have found inferior to other products in the same field, the results have been disastrous.

The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture.

I taught workshops at universities. I wrote for magazines. This took time and insane amounts of juggling, but it's how I earned a living.

But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've learned about life in the past seven years - was taught to me by Robert Altman.

My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status, regardless of the pest.

Injury taught me I need to learn how to face challenges.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.

Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil.

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.

We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.

When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.

As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally, so did my brother. My mother did not put all her eggs in one basket, so to speak: she gave me a younger brother named Russell, who taught me what was meant by "survival of the fittest."

I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that.

My father, one of the great entrepreneurs and philanthropists of this state, taught me that capital - monetary or political - is to be used to benefit others. I intend to continue that tradition.

My mother taught me that the universe guides, teaches, and offers up gifts... even when bad things happen.

My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education.

Michael Coleman, now that was a boy that taught me some stuff too.

My wife taught me the importance of living well.

No one ever taught me, and I never had formal classes in pattern making, so I was like, Okay, I'll just drape, and I'll sew as I pin it.

I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.

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

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

Because I know about the Holy Land, I've taught lessons about the Holy Land all my life, and - but you can't bring peace to Israel without giving the Palestinian also peace. And Lebanon and Jordan and Syria as well.