Taught Quotes

A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business.

My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life.

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.

I believed what my father taught me about the separation of church and state, so when I was President I never invited Billy Graham to have services in the White House because I didn't think that was appropriate. He was injured a little bit, until I explained it to him.

I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose.

So I think, if September 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we're vulnerable, and vulnerable in ways that we didn't fully understand.

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.

I've taught Sunday school, I've sung in the choir, I directed a choir.

Because of the media, the way the world is perceived is as a place where resources and time are running out. We're taught that you have to grab what you can before it's gone. It's almost as if there isn't time for compassion.

In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.

Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children.

My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be.

Jeff Bridges taught me a lot about how to keep a scene fresh.

And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Now she said to always pick being respected.

Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.

Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.

My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be.

We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.

My mom was a saint. She taught me to be terminally nice.

We are taught to consume. And that's what we do. But if we realized that there really is no reason to consume, that it's just a mind set, that it's just an addiction, then we wouldn't be out there stepping on people's hands climbing the corporate ladder of success.

Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

My father taught me that you have to stand by your principles.

When Bryan Price taught me how to throw a changeup, he made me see myself. All my life, I've been the equivalent of a fastball pitcher - trying to use blazing speed and brute force to wow the people around me.

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.

We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Emotions have taught mankind to reason.