Taught Quotes

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.

I taught sixth grade for three and a half years.

When I was in journalism school, you were taught to be completely objective. But we don't see that anymore.

I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.

I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.

One thing that success has taught me is censorship.

I looked at the rap community like street kids wanting their own brand. But now I look at that period with the rappers in the 90s as a trend of the moment. What it taught me was never to follow a trend, because trends move on.

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

I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion.

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.

The French revolution taught us the rights of man.

I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.

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.

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

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?

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.

Society has taught us to suppress certain things and not do certain things.

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.