Taught Quotes

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

My passion for giving is no different than yours. I give because it's in my heart to give. I give because I was taught to give at a very early age. This is how I developed my passion for giving.

All my life I've been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old.

My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.

Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.

One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love.

Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement.

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.

Freud taught us that it wasn't God that imposed judgment on us and made us feel guilty when we stepped out of line. Instead, it was the superego - that idealized concept of what a good person is supposed to be and do - given to us by our parents, that condemned us for what had been hitherto regarded as ungodly behavior.

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

This has taught me that being pleasant is always so much more productive, for I know well the rewards for being good-natured.

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

When I was in Taiwan, I was taught in school that Taiwan is part of China.

I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught.

There is one thing I have never taught my body how to do and that is to figure out at 6 A.M. what it wants to eat at 6 P.M.

Oxford also taught me something else - it taught me scepticism.

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.

My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.

Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials: plants, of a chemical substance of three elements,- carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; animals of one of four elements, nitrogen being added to the other three.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is the very essence of poetry.

As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits.

I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake doing both of them. But drumming comes more natural to me, and it just feels better.

Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.