A writer is a man who has taught his mind to misbehave.

A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

— Oscar Wilde

I really believe that a writer is someone who has trained their mind to misbehave

— Brad Thor

There's one thing my old man taught me and it's the best thing he taught me. It wasn't education at college or university –…

— Marcus Wareing

“My old man taught me to never trust anything that bleeds for three days and doesn't die.”

— Tommy Tran

My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human…

— Walter Mosley

Work has raised the man and it also taught him to aim higher.

— Mariana Fulger

“He was a tall, energetic, self-made man who had taught himself accountancy and banking through correspondence courses and had risen to his present position…

— Kuan Yew Lee

“Never forget,” I say, quietly now, “that if I wanted your job, I could have it. And never forget that the man you so…

— Tahereh Mafi

My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards.'

— Robert A. Heinlein

He was a great man. He taught himself how to walk again, to write with his left hand. My father was a hero.

— Mandy Patinkin

I met a blind man, who taught me how to see.

— Aerosmith

Don't drown the man who taught you to swim. If you learned your trade or profession from the man, do not set up in…

— Charles Spurgeon

My old man taught me a lot of stuff in his death that I don't even know if he would have been able to…

— Freddie Prinze, Jr

“[My father,] A man who had been taught only to destroy found it hard to create.”

— Nadia Hashimi

The young man taught all he knew and more; The middle-aged man taught all he knew; The old man taught all that his students…

— Arnold Ross