A schoolchild should be taught grammar—for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. — E. B. White Copy Share Image
I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them… — Patti LaBelle Copy Share Image
There was a Greek philosopher who taught that, of all things, not to have been born is the sweetest state. But I… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
My grandma taught me how to hand-sew, so I'm always making things from hand-me-downs. — Becky G Copy Share Image
I also taught myself how to blow glass using a propane torch from the hardware store and managed to make some elementary… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
If there's one thing that a study of history has taught us, it is that things can always get worse. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe kids shouldn't be taught Shakespeare. They should experience it first by seeing a great production. — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Even when you tear its petals off one after another, the rose keeps laughing and doesn’t bend in pain. “Why should I… — Rumi Copy Share Image
I was taught early on in my recovery that, 'Pain is good. Extreme pain is extremely good.' — Mike Ness Copy Share Image
The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
My grandmother taught me that accomplishments meant less than what you left behind. I started to ask myself what impact my comedy… — Sherri Shepherd Copy Share Image
Much of the profession is empirically bankrupt because it is no longer taught economic history. — Charles P. Kindleberger Copy Share Image
She taught you how to be a person who refuses anything but the meaningful. — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
I taught school in the early days of my manhood and I think I know something about mothers. There is a thread… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
How few of us appreciate the fact that a very great deal of physical suffering in after life comes from bad mental… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
If experience has taught me anything, its not to put ANYTHING past people in government. — Edward Britton Copy Share Image
One thing my teacher taught me about getting psychic information with my intuition was to say, "Just show me the truth of… — Echo Bodine Copy Share Image
There is no doctrine of the Reason which will bear to be taught by the Understanding. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
All great contemporary artists, schooled or not, are essentially self-taught and are de-skilling like crazy. I don't look for skill in art...Skill… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
The saying "He who teaches others, teaches himself" is very true, not only because constant repetition impresses a fact indelibly on the… — John Amos Comenius Copy Share Image
One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody… — Wilma Mankiller Copy Share Image
As a single mother of four, my mother taught me that you always want to show up strong for the moments that… — Andie MacDowell Copy Share Image
