Taught Quotes

I like to hit it downhill, that's the way I was taught to run.

I was raised in the '50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered, frankly.

It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am.

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

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 write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't.

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.

Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years.

The thing should have plot and character, beginning, middle and end. Arouse pity and then have a catharsis. Those were the best principles I was ever taught.

The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.

I have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught.

Crows are incredibly smart. They can be taught five things on the drop.

My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.

You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.

He taught me how to fly on my own and learn the tricks.

It taught me that Clinton's instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right answer to these things.

If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now.

When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.

Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn't teach me everything he knows.

War taught me that not everything is glamorous.

Programming is usually taught by examples.

It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.

So the ethic I was taught in school resulted in the path I chose in my life following school.

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.