Taught Quotes · Page 120

In our patriarchal world, we are all taught - whether we like to think we are or not - that God, being…

— Sonia Johnson

You received the power, the authority, and the sacred duty to minister the moment you were ordained to the priesthood. President James…

— David L. Beck

[Her] work taught me that you could be all the traditional feminine things -- a mother, a lover, a listener, a nurturer…

— Anne Lamott

Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel.

— Max von Sydow

We've been taught to believe that actions speak louder than words. But I think words speak pretty loud all of our lives;…

— Marlo Thomas

Our culture raises us to seek success but we are not taught how to live with it.

— Nancy Friday

Ninja Turtles taught me how to meditate. They got me into martial arts. They helped make me who I am today.

— Greg Cipes

I mean, in the foreword to Impro in Denmark is by Søren Iversen, who I taught long ago, he was a Danish…

— Keith Johnstone

Time and experience have taught me that fame and money very rarely go to the worthy, by the way - hence we…

— Bear Grylls

Entrepreneurship may be the most under-taught subject.

— Marty Nemko

She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love, not misplace disgust for another person's genetics.

— Veronica Roth

Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 52nd Street.

— Miles Davis

You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't.

— Samantha Fox

The oars game me power but also taught me humility.

— Barry S. Strauss

You are told from the moment you enter school that time is constant. It never changes. It is one of those set…

— S.C. Stephens

Teaching some things that are true, prematurely or at the wrong time, can invite sorrow and heartbreak instead of the joy intended…

— Boyd K. Packer

Thank you for the sacrifices you and your families are making. Our Vietnam Veterans have taught us that no matter what are…

— Anonymous

I never went to school beyond the 3rd grade, but my mother taught me the difference between right and wrong.

— Joe E. Lewis

Working with [Robert] De Niro taught me a lot about being an actor's director.

— Angelina Jolie

I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn't taught by men - it's a gift from God.

— Joyce Meyer

I was taught that you could do anything if you wanted it badly enough.

— Wally Funk

From the time I was taught how to drive, I was taught how to behave when I'm stopped.

— Steve Harvey

Read! When your baby is finally down for the night, pick up a juicy book like Eat, Pray, Love or Pride and…

— Tina Fey

I was one of five out of 100 people who passed the test, which just proved to me how little Americans are…

— Ayshay

I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not to recognize male privilege.

— Peggy McIntosh

I never was taught how to go into a meeting and talk about a tour and how to plan a show, but…

— Lilly Singh

There is a lot about entrepreneurship that can be taught and learned, and the classroom - where students are trying to figure…

— Kathryn Minshew

The best education I received was working with people in the community on a grassroots basis. Because what it taught me was…

— Barack Obama

I got my career start by first creating my own free, independent lifestyle in my own house out in the country. There…

— David Trubridge

Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere,…

— Carter G. Woodson

Only as they cease to seek anything by themselves and only as they take the position of the teachable shall they be…

— Watchman Nee

Islam is a religion of justice and dignity, and we are taught to never keep silent when facing injustice, discrimination and double…

— Tariq Ramadan

“Where would tourism be without a little luxury and a taste of night life? There were several cities on Deanna, all moderate…

— Christina Engela

I'm happy to say that at 62, I think I've reached that point where stuff doesn't bother me as much, and my…

— Bonnie Raitt

At school nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain, nor how a fire could be…

— Erich Maria Remarque

Judo taught me that I am capable of anything... I can mentally push past anything and be victorious.

— Ronda Rousey

I taught workshops at universities. I wrote for magazines. This took time and insane amounts of juggling, but it's how I earned…

— Cheryl Strayed

Students were taught by doing.

— Minor White

Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement.

— Karlie Kloss

Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a…

— Viktor E. Frankl