Taught Quotes

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.

We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's always true any more. Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.

My father taught me how to substitute realities.

My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help.

The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient.

You don't have to be a "person of influence" to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.

Morality is not only taught; it is caught.

I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.

Some girls are taught to be sexy.

I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills.

In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.

We called him Tortoise because he taught us.

You know, I've taught philosophy for years and one argues in the hypothetical all the time.

You know, we're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected.

My mother taught me how to write.

He taught me literature, and he actually taught me how to read. He was my personal mentor.

My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.

Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.

My experiences have taught me a lot and I'm happy with my learnings, if not with what I went through to learn.

I was taught that pain is bad.

And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.

My mother taught public school, went to Harvard and then got her master's there and taught fifth and sixth grade in a public school. My dad had a more working-class lifestyle. He didn't go to college. He was an auto mechanic and a bartender and a janitor at Harvard.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

The 100m taught me a lot and it's given me confidence.

He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

Hybridity keeps me from being rigid about most things. It has taught me to appreciate the contradictions in the world and in my life. I scavenge from the best.