Taught Quotes

One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform.

My parents just always taught me to be reasonable.

I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.

I studied and performed and even taught mime years ago.

I had a really wonderful upbringing. We were a tight family. It was wonderful to grow up with so many siblings. We were all just a year or two apart, and we were always so supportive of each other. I learned everything from my older brother and sister and taught it to my younger sisters.

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

I'm left handed, but my dad taught me to play guitar right-handed.

I'm thankful for Sarah Palin's vice presidential bid, which taught us that Alaska is not in a box off the coast of California.

I practice yoga at home to a TV show called 'Inhale,' taught by Steve Ross. I figured that if the people on the show could stretch that deep then I could too. I ended up pulling my hip flexor. But that's how I met my husband. Paul was the physical therapist my coach called to meet with me after hours.

I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.

Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.

Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.

I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking at the world, that one form of behavior, is as valid as another. The idea of true evil has been blown away.

We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

My mother taught me everything I know; how to speak properly, posture, enunciation.

Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner.

Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.

I know it sounds trite but I wanted to make a difference. Political debates with my father had been fraught because he was uncompromising and explosive but if he taught me one thing it was to air my views.

I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.

Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.

I remember being taught my place.

If anything, my mother taught me how to sur-thrive. That's my word for it.

I also taught myself how to blow glass using a propane torch from the hardware store and managed to make some elementary chemistry plumbing such as tees and small glass bulbs.

Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason.

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician.

We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.