Sometimes, we need an obstacle to challenge us and push us further than we would if things were always status quo. I'd… — John Varvatos Copy Share Image
Gene Kelly was a great dancer and I was lucky to be in 'Singin' in the Rain.' He was my teacher when… — Debbie Reynolds Copy Share Image
Lately even the harshest critics of President Bush have been forced to admit maybe he's right about freedom's march around the globe.… — Brian Williams Copy Share Image
We are taught from the very first moment to discover Christ under the distressing disguixe of the poor, the sick, the outcasts.… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through… — Mark Pryor Copy Share Image
I suppose I've got a natural rhythm. When I was little, I used to just dance a lot and have some fun.… — Olly Murs Copy Share Image
Vernon Reis opened the world to me through books. He taught me that while I was physically firmly planted in blue-collar Auburn,… — Christine Gregoire Copy Share Image
“I said to myself 'I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me--shapes and idea so… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the… — Kiana Tom Copy Share Image
If depression has taught me one thing, it is this: what a rare and beautiful treasure is the simple human gift of… — Giles Andreae Copy Share Image
When the doctrine of repentance is fully understood then it is seen that repentance is all that ever needs to be taught… — Daniel H. Ludlow Copy Share Image
The lessons of the past suggest that racism and resentment against people of color will continue to flourish in America as long… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
Back when I taught middle school and wrote adult mysteries, my students often asked me why I wasn't writing for kids. I… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
California Governor Gray Davis visited an elementary school here in Los Angeles where he taught a class. I don't want to say… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Every campaign, Garry Wills once wrote, "taught Nixon the same lesson: mobilize resentment against those in power." History taught the same to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Schoolchildren are not taught how to distinguish accurate information from inaccurate information online - surely there are ways to design web-browsers to… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
The purpose of the Federalist Society was to bring together young people who had this skepticism about what they were being taught… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
I have taught some master classes and things at my alma mater and sometimes at my kids' school. I will go in… — Annie Potts Copy Share Image
My parents always have taught me 'you're good enough'. So, whenever I got bad comments from the judges, or I'd get on… — Carmen Rasmusen Copy Share Image
Pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
Medical training taught me the art of breaking down the complex maze of stories, symbols and rituals into clear systems. You could… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
I never actually had a guitar lesson. I taught myself the guitar from piano exercise books, which led me to have a… — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
Now the master paid a number of visits to England and, as a Cambridge man, it is a source of pride that… — John G. D. Clark Copy Share Image
It's important to note that Jesus and Christ are two different faith affirmations. Hardly any Christians have been taught that - they… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
One of the things my mother taught me when I was a child was just keep your eye on the prize and… — Cathy Hughes Copy Share Image
I don't see a future where we're all taught by robots. The real life, physical experience of being in a classroom and… — John Green Copy Share Image
Public school teachers in Long Island, New York, saved my life in the '70s. They were involved and invested and helpful. One… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I did physics because of my love of nature. As a young student of science, I was taught that physics was the… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
When you're on the yard, prisoner politics dictate that you only socialize with your own race. If you fraternize with other races,… — James Fox Copy Share Image
Experience has taught us that we have only one enduring weapon in our struggle against mental illness: the emotional discovery and emotional… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Muse, time has taught me that all metaphysical systems, even historical facts given as truths, are hardly that, so I amuse myself… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
“What would the black community be if we taught our children love, family values, self-respect, nonviolence, how to manage money, how to… — Lashaunda K. Jackson-Williams Copy Share Image
As an African-American, as a woman, I think that I've been sensitized to the way in which history privileges the white male… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
Come hither, all ye empty things, Ye bubbles rais'd by breath of Kings; Who float upon the tide of state, Come hither,… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
My grandparents have taught me that since I was younger: just to be involved in a whole bunch of different things so… — Willie Cauley-Stein Copy Share Image
Nuremberg taught me that creating a world of tolerance and compassion would be a long and arduous task. And I also learned… — Benjamin B. Ferencz Copy Share Image
Cancer taught me to stop saving things for a special occasion. Every day is special. You don't have to get cancer to… — Regina Brett Copy Share Image
Religion must be loved as a kind of country and nursing-mother. It was religion that nourished our virtues, that showed us heaven,… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
I learned...every part of the body; I would move each part as I memorized it. As a child, I would lie in… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Tempore difficiles veniunt ad aratra juvenci; Tempore lenta pati frena docentur equi. In time the unmanageable young oxen come to the plough;… — Ovid Copy Share Image
