Taught Quotes · Page 49

The greatest educational dogma is also its greatest fallacy: the belief that what must be learned can necessarily be taught.

— Sydney J. Harris

Do you not know...that a child badly taught is farther from being wise than one not taught at all?

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world.

— William Rosenberg

I studied voice when I was at school, and I was in the chamber choir, and I studied music theory as well,…

— Lily Allen

I, who thought to sink, was caught up into love, and taught the whole of life in a new rhythm.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

What the 1990s taught the Clinton veterans was that you could 'triangulate' with a GOP-controlled Congress.

— Timothy Noah

Steve Jobs and Apple taught us that profit is not the ultimate goal, but rather a consequence of something greater.

— Clayton Christensen

The lesson taught us by these kindly commentators on my present experience is that dogmatic faith compels the best minds and hearts…

— Harriet Martineau

“Education's supposed to be more than learning--leastways that's how we were taught. It's supposed to help build your character and help teach…

— Nora Roberts

Yes, the Bible should be taught in our schools because it is necessary to understand the Bible if we are to truly…

— Joel Osteen

Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why…

— Geoffrey Chaucer

It's always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the…

— Marjane Satrapi

North Korea has taught a great lesson to all the countries in the world, especially the rogue countries of dictatorships or whatever:…

— Michael Moore

I think we could benefit from world history that is specifically taught in a multi-faceted fashion that allows for an understanding that…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

For centuries you have been taught that love-sponsored action arises out of the choice to be, do, and have whatever produces the…

— Neale Donald Walsch

How wonderful it would be, I thought, if only we could practice the teachings of the Buddha as he really taught them…

— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

I prefer sidekick. I tried once for the title of Padawan, but Bubba wigged out saying that mentors are always killed off…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

...The lesson [comic books] taught children- or this child, at any rate- was perhaps the unintentionally radical truth that exceptionality was the…

— Salman Rushdie

Our preaching does not stop with the law. That would lead to wounding without binding up, striking down and not healing, killing…

— Martin Luther

I was raised the Chinese way: I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, to eat my own bitterness.…

— Amy Tan

Buckminster Fuller was down in Pennsylvania, then he'd come up and go to his island in Maine. He wanted to remain a…

— Paul Laffoley

I think one of the problems [with raising intelligent children] is compulsory schooling...and that children are sitting there and they are taught…

— Marilyn vos Savant

Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy. Sometimes we don't feel that…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

So she thoroughly taught him that one cannot take pleasure without giving pleasure, and that every gesture, every caress, every touch, every…

— Hermann Hesse

From as young as I can remember, I always wanted to be a singer... My mum taught me 'Going Down the Garden…

— Katherine Jenkins

The financial education taught in schools is funded and taught by the big banks and corporations. It's like having the cat train…

— Robert Kiyosaki

One of the things I was taught was how you deal with language. It's important, very important in comedy.

— Brett Gelman

The stars had only one task: they taught me how to read. They taught me I had a language in heaven and…

— Mahmoud Darwish

“He taught me that one way to give your life meaning is to teach another person how to look within and love.”

— Renee Carlino

I taught at a cotillion. I was one of the teenage helpers when I was in high school. But we're talking very…

— Christopher Gorham

I seize all opportunities with two hands. Everything that's happened to me has taught me to live in the moment as much…

— Sam Taylor-Wood

I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.

— Jackie DeShannon

Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.

— Ludwig von Mises

In our culture we are taught to be accessible and open; it signifies a good person. In mysticism it is the opposite,…

— Frederick Lenz

Jesus sowed good seeds into the lives of the people He touched. His walk was humble, meek, giving, and forgiving, and He…

— Monica Johnson

One of the things my father taught me was you should not exclude those who are opposed to your ideas.

— Benigno Aquino III

I have great parents, and they both taught me great things, but my formative years were boundaryless.

— Roseanne Barr

My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.

— Whitney Houston

I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught…

— Thomas Aquinas

Good parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been…

— Jonas Salk