Taught Quotes

My only books were woman's looks, and folly's all they've taught me.

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.

People have taught me not to look for intelligence in rockmusic.

But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?

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.

Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It's part of racing.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

You've got to be taught to hate and fear.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

Experience has taught me never to trust a policeman. Just when you think one's all right, he turns legit.

We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on the watch-tower of liberty.

The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.

Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society.

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.