Teach Quotes

We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.

Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.

I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's work for less than a man's pay.

One of the unfortunate things about our education system is that we do not teach students how to avail themselves of their subconscious capabilities.

We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by.

I taught principally German language and literature at Eton. But any master with private pupils must be prepared to teach anything they ask for. That can be as diverse as the early paintings of Salvador Dali or how bumblebees manage to fly.

No one ever taught me and I can't teach anyone. If you can't explain it, how can you take credit for it?

We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.

Racism is taught in the home. We agree on that? Well, it's very hard to teach racism to a teenager who's listening to rap music and who idolizes, say, Snoop Dogg. It's hard to say, 'That guy is less than you.' The kid is like, 'I like that guy, he's cool. How is he less than me?

Everybody out there watches the show and has expectations of wanting to be an 'Idol,' but we're going to teach them how much hard work goes into it.

A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won't be too bad.

Instead of making people victims of people who are successful, we should be telling people, 'Look, you are having a hard time, I feel bad for you. Let's look at what you're doing, let's teach you how to succeed. Let's give you the tools to succeed as opposed to turning everybody into victims.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

If you want to study writing, read Dickens. That's how to study writing, or Faulkner, or D.H. Lawrence, or John Keats. They can teach you everything you need to know about writing.

Want to raise children who will be happy adults? Teach them not to whine.

My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.

We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.

My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations.

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.

Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.

My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.

I think that discipline is so much of an important part of being a parent. Because it's very, very important to teach your children to take responsibility for their actions.

Most American elementary schools and high schools, and nearly all colleges and universities, teach everything that is significant from a liberal/Left perspective.

I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film majors. I don't just show the Hollywood blockbusters. I show independent films, foreign films, documentaries.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

The competition has improved tremendously. In 2003, I could teach a guy how to play poker in an hour and he could win some money. Today, it would take days. The game has gotten so much tougher. So I will spend my time with my family and play when I can.

Since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned.