--- title: "1 Man Teach Quotes By Edward P. Jones" description: "1 Man Teach quotes by Edward P. Jones. Plus more from Edward P. Jones and more Man Teach sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22a/edward-p-jones-13439_quote_a-man-does-not-learn-very-well-mr-robbin_117409.jpg" --- > [“A man does not learn very well, Mr. Robbins. Women, yes, because they are used to bending with whatever wind comes along. A woman, no matter the age, is always learning, always becoming. But a man, if you will pardon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/a-man-does-not-learn-very-well-mr-robbins-women-yes-because-they-are/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22a/edward-p-jones-13439_quote_a-man-does-not-learn-very-well-mr-robbin_117409.jpg) ## More by Edward P. Jones > [My mother worked in the white world, but I lived almost exclusively in a black world. I don't think I had ever seen a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/my-mother-worked-in-the-white-world-but-i-lived-almost-exclusively-in/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/those-of-us-with-this-ancient-compulsion-to-tell-stories-sometimes/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [In the summer of 1964, my sister and I went to South Ballston, Virginia, to stay with my aunt and her kids. They passed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/in-the-summer-of-1964-my-sister-and-i-went-to-south-ballston-virginia/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [“You too heavy a man for me to carry...I done carried heavy men and I know how they can break your back. I ain’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/you-too-heavy-a-man-for-me-to-carry-i-done-carried-heavy-men-and-i/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [“Without all that young stuff, Stamford, you will die a slave. And it will not be a pretty die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/without-all-that-young-stuff-stamford-you-will-die-a-slave-and-it/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [We are all worthy of one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/we-are-all-worthy-of-one-another/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [“She went through her memory for the time, for the day, she and and her husband told him all about what he should and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/she-went-through-her-memory-for-the-time-for-the-day-she-and-and-her/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [“A man does not learn very well, Mr. Robbins. Women, yes, because they are used to bending with whatever wind comes along. A woman,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/a-man-does-not-learn-very-well-mr-robbins-women-yes-because-they-are/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [From my apartment in Arlington, I could see Washington. It was always nice to be near home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/from-my-apartment-in-arlington-i-could-see-washington-it-was-always/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [Until I can read a story physically, with the eyes, it doesn't seem to exist for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/until-i-can-read-a-story-physically-with-the-eyes-it-doesn-t-seem-to/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [“God is in his heaven and he don't care most of the time. The trick of life is to know when God does care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/god-is-in-his-heaven-and-he-don-t-care-most-of-the-time-the-trick-of/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [I'm fascinated by the awful, awful things that human beings do to each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/i-m-fascinated-by-the-awful-awful-things-that-human-beings-do-to-each/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [Something happened during the 1980s - perhaps the political climate of that time - that caused me to ask how a people would become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/something-happened-during-the-1980s-perhaps-the-political-climate-of/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [“When Augustus Townsend died in Georgia near the Florida line, he rose up above the barn where he had died, up above the trees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/when-augustus-townsend-died-in-georgia-near-the-florida-line-he-rose/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [I never like to put myself in the stories; in 'Lost in the City,' there are fourteen stories, and there's only one, 'The First…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/i-never-like-to-put-myself-in-the-stories-in-lost-in-the-city-there/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-teach/edward-p-jones/#itemlist", "name": "1 Man Teach Quotes By Edward P. 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