All of the most important lessons about writing I learned from my father. He never set out to teach me anything, it… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I teach students that what people say about failure in politics is mostly wrong. People always told me, 'They'll praise you on… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
That's what they should teach us here. How girls' brains work... It would be more useful than divination, anyway... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone elses perspective. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Christianity taught that men ought to be as chaste as pagans thought honest women ought to be; the contraceptive morality teaches that… — G. E. M. Anscombe Copy Share Image
To educate the masses politically does not mean, cannot mean, making a political speech. What it means is to try, relentlessly and… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
The Bible offers three metaphors that teach us God's view of life: Life is a test, life is a trust, and life… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
We need to teach our youth American values, kindness, honesty,respect. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
Experience by itself teaches nothing... Without theory, experience has no meaning. Without theory, one has no questions to ask. Hence, without theory,… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
The difficulties, hardships and trials of life, the obstacles... are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach self-reliance. — William Matthews Copy Share Image
In God's eyes, a man who teaches one truth and nothing else is more righteous than a man who teaches a million… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I feel no obligation to teach my readers anything, to impart any sort of wisdom, to teach any sort of lesson, to… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
I don't teach literature from my perspective as 'Joyce Carol Oates.' I try to teach fiction from the perspective of each writer.… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
No matter how much you screw up your own life by the wrong decisions that you make, it's never too late to… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
Perhaps the best function of parenthood is to teach the young creature to love with safety, so that it may be able… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being together. — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
I move in a society so devoid of ordinary reality that I am continually stopping to teach good sense, to give support,… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
If we are to prevent the fabric of our society from coming apart, we must teach our children to excel not only… — Clarence Page Copy Share Image
Science and religion both teach that we are all interconnected, and thus interdependent. And at the very core, we are all One.… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
When it came to formal classes, I was a slacker. But I've always been a diligent autodidact and can teach myself virtually… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
There's a rule they don't teach you at the Harvard Business School. It is, if anything is worth doing, it's worth doing… — Edwin Land Copy Share Image
Children's books aren't textbooks. Their primary purpose isn't supposed to be "Pick this up and it will teach you this." It's not… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
In the financial sector, those whom the gods want to destroy they first teach math. — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
Fair Katherine, and most fair, Will you vouchsafe to teach a soldier terms Such as will enter at a lady's ear, And… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Ibn Ata' Allah said: "God may open up for you the gates of obedience, but without opening up for you the gates… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
I never think my music isn't easy until I got to teach it to other people. — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
If you're going to have a male dominant system, to maintain the system, you have to teach men to dominate. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Boxing is just to introduce me to the struggle. Like, when I speak I draw people in the States to teach them… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
David Foster Wallace: I think one of the insidious lessons about TV is the meta-lesson that you’re dumb. This is all you… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
They teach you how to handle life in England, but they don’t teach you a thing about death. There’s no book telling… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
It is an error to believe that Christ did not teach a determined body of doctrine applicable to all times and to… — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
I love when I teach my son a good lesson. But I love it even more when he teaches me. — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
