Taught Quotes

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

I taught for 17 years in an inner city comprehensive schools.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of a pint pot has had an admirable training in accuracy of eye and hand.

Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.

If the 20th century taught us anything, it is to be cautious about the work impossible.

The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.

My dad taught me to be a leader or a follower, and he said follower ain't fun. So I want to be the leader of Bubba Watson.

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.

Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility.

I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.

History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice.

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.

The Boys and Girls Club taught me a lot about sportsmanship, humility, self-respect.

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

Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their comfort and enjoyment. They behaved accordingly, with a self-indulgence that was wholly rational, given their situation.

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us; we just learned by doing what we saw, and we were warriors at a time when boys now are like girls.

My parents taught me to approach the world critically, but also to approach it with a sense of responsibility.

I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.

Since then I have held many jobs at museums in Colorado and Wyoming. I have also taught summer courses at the University of Colorado.

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?

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.

The truth is lived, not taught.

My mother taught me to read.

Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.

The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only parts of it, only in it, only confronting it - aliens.