Andrew Cuomo own story taught Andrew Cuomo that as Americans, we are bound together as one people, and our country's success rests… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
High school taught me a valuable lesson about glasses: Don't wear them. Contacts have always seemed like too much work, so instead… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Some part of me knew he would show up, that if I stood in one place long enough he would find me,… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
The trouble is, we've been taught what to see and how to render what we see. If only we could be in… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
Scotland is my country, the nation that shaped me, that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me,… — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
Iqbal, that great poet, was so right. The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave.… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
Stealing from capitalism is not like stealing out of our own pockets. Marx and Lenin have taught us that anything is ethical,… — Nicolae Ceausescu Copy Share Image
it taught me, that when a woman lets herself love, she loses. it taught me that to survive, you rely on yourself… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Wisdom comes most easily to those who have the courage to embrace life without judgment and are willing to not know, sometimes… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
How is Christmas regarded today? The legend of Santa Claus, the Christmas tree, the decorations of tinsel and mistletoe, and the giving… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
The ideal of faith in ourselves is of the greatest help to us. If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
My experience has taught me, and it has become a principle with me, that it is never any benefit to give out… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
The all American work ethic, destructive enough by itself, also packs a gender double standard that strip-mines the natural resources of both… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
I couldn't listen to music with lyrics for the first few months after the brain surgery, because they were too complex and… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
Why do people think the spiritual life demands withdrawal from the ordinary? Because they've been taught, at least by implication, that the… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
So erst the Sage [Pythagoras] with scientific truth In Grecian temples taught the attentive youth; With ceaseless change how restless atoms pass… — Erasmus Darwin Copy Share Image
The mass of people who are Bible-taught never get free from the erroneous impressions stamped on their minds in their infancy, so… — Gerald Massey Copy Share Image
The way I was taught, being black was a plus, always. Being a human being, being in America, and being black, all… — Leontyne Price Copy Share Image
She taught me to revel. She taught me to wonder. She taught me to laugh. My sense of humor had always measured… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
Before we can count we are taught to be grateful for what others do. As we are broken open by our experience,… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense… — Emma Bonino Copy Share Image
For ten centuries Christianity, armed with the omnipotence of the Church and State and opposed by no competition, was able to deprave,… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Freud taught us that it wasn't God that imposed judgment on us and made us feel guilty when we stepped out of… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
Mineral cactai, quicksilver lizards in the adobe walls, the bird that punctures space, thirst, tedium, clouds of dust, impalpable epiphanies of wind.… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
I was actually born and raised in Puerto Rico. I was born to a single mom. She was a wonderful woman, and… — Raul Labrador Copy Share Image
When we were studying at the Royal Antwerp Academy, we were taught to seek inspiration from everyone, everything and everywhere. My parents… — Dries van Noten Copy Share Image
It's about somebody initially knowing more about it than you do but eventually you learn a lot about it yourself and practise… — Lynn Davies Copy Share Image
In the 50s and 60s, kids were taught how to shake hands. They were taught how to have manners. There needs to… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Does a population have informed consent when that population is not taught the inner workings of its monetary system, and then is… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
There will be no real content among American women unless they are made and kept more ignorant or unless they are given… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
To deny that human beings are filled with anti-social passions betrays a denial of reality and a lack of self-awareness. One has… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
I will ever be grateful for the wise counsel of a strong and inspired father when he taught, "If you always say… — Harold G. Hillam Copy Share Image
Teaching methods are often inadequate for the goals faculties are trying to achieve. Important courses such as expository writing and foreign languages… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
What is it about summer that makes children grow? We feed and water them more. They do get more sun, but that… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I got my Bachelor's degree in nursing and worked nine years - even taught nursing in a college - before I stopped… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I took my sports experience to my life on stage. That's why I'm so disciplined. Playing sports, I was always underestimated. I… — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes… — Jack Kingston Copy Share Image
Writers need to learn their trade, and how to negotiate the increasingly difficult marketplace. The trade can be taught and learned just… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Motherhood has taught me the meaning of living in the moment and being at peace. Children don't think about yesterday, and they… — Jessalyn Gilsig Copy Share Image
I was just taught very early that if I didn't solve problems, I was headed for a very dark path. Problems were… — Homaro Cantu Copy Share Image