--- title: "20 Thing Taught Quotes by 19 authors" description: "Browse 20 Thing Taught quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Thing Taught sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/sean-lock-8248_anything_the-most-important-thing-anyone-taught-m_1519543.jpg" --- > [The most important thing anyone taught me in this business was not to take anything personally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-lock/the-most-important-thing-anyone-taught-me-in-this-business-was-not-to/) [Sean Lock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-lock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/sean-lock-8248_anything_the-most-important-thing-anyone-taught-m_1519543.jpg) > [There's one thing my old man taught me and it's the best thing he taught me. It wasn't education at college or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-wareing/there-s-one-thing-my-old-man-taught-me-and-it-s-the-best-thing-he/) [Marcus Wareing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-wareing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/marcus-wareing-259473_best-things_there-s-one-thing-my-old-man-taught-me-a_2335365.png) > [It is true that I have known Straussians almost all my life. And the one thing I was taught about them from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/it-is-true-that-i-have-known-straussians-almost-all-my-life-and-the/) [Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/717/robert-kagan-27474_age_it-is-true-that-i-have-known-straussians_1854722.jpg) > [“If there's one thing you taught me, it's to never trust an answer that's actually another question.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hawkins/if-there-s-one-thing-you-taught-me-it-s-to-never-trust-an-answer-that/) [Karen Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/karen-hawkins-1678_taught_if-there-s-one-thing-you-taught-me-it-s_1113828.png) > [In life you need to trust your instincts one thing they never taught you in school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-julesstar/in-life-you-need-to-trust-your-instincts-one-thing-they-never-taught/) [Andrew Julesstar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-julesstar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/928/andrew-julesstar-28486_achieve_in-life-you-need-to-trust-your-instincts_2532845.jpg) > [The most important thing taught to my students is to not be so photo realist in what they depict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruno/the-most-important-thing-taught-to-my-students-is-to-not-be-so-photo/) [Frank Bruno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/frank-bruno-12736_athlete_the-most-important-thing-taught-to-my-st_2814721.png) > [Every man must know how to cook; this is the first thing that we are taught back home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sangram-singh/every-man-must-know-how-to-cook-this-is-the-first-thing-that-we-are/) [Sangram Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sangram-singh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/sangram-singh-5836_back_every-man-must-know-how-to-cook-this-is_2954478.jpg) > [There is one thing I have never taught my body how to do and that is to figure out at 6 A.M.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/there-is-one-thing-i-have-never-taught-my-body-how-to-do-and-that-is/) [Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/erma-bombeck-780_body_there-is-one-thing-i-have-never-taught-m_1622029.png) > [We are taught to want a thing. We are taught that having that thing will make us happy. We are taught that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-gillies/we-are-taught-to-want-a-thing-we-are-taught-that-having-that-thing/) [Daniel Gillies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-gillies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/daniel-gillies-24532_and-love_we-are-taught-to-want-a-thing-we-are-tau_1483480.png) > [The thing that what we're taught in the public school system is everything you should know, I disagree with that. The most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kendra-wilkinson/the-thing-that-what-we-re-taught-in-the-public-school-system-is/) [Kendra Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kendra-wilkinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a77/kendra-wilkinson-3750_dropouts_the-thing-that-what-we-re-taught-in-the_3199857.jpg) > [We teach our children one thing only, as we were taught: to wake up. We teach our children to look alive there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/we-teach-our-children-one-thing-only-as-we-were-taught-to-wake-up-we-2/) [Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/annie-dillard-509_activity_we-teach-our-children-one-thing-only-as_2471963.jpg) > [The MFA program did one great thing for me: It taught me how to be a better reader and critic. Nothing I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinaw-mengestu/the-mfa-program-did-one-great-thing-for-me-it-taught-me-how-to-be-a/) [Dinaw Mengestu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinaw-mengestu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/dinaw-mengestu-12378_better_the-mfa-program-did-one-great-thing-for_867589.jpg) > [You spend ten years of your life being trained to do one thing, and you're being taught to think that it's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-miller/you-spend-ten-years-of-your-life-being-trained-to-do-one-thing-and/) [Jonathan Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/jonathan-miller-21525_anyone_you-spend-ten-years-of-your-life-being-t_2539562.jpg) > [I studied with the Maharishi for many years, and really didn't learn that much. But one thing that he taught me, I'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-studied-with-the-maharishi-for-many-years-and-really-didn-t-learn/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/steve-martin-593_bags_i-studied-with-the-maharishi-for-many-ye_1907171.jpg) > [I think about my education sometimes. I went to the University of Chicago for awhile after the Second World War. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/i-think-about-my-education-sometimes-i-went-to-the-university-of/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/kurt-vonnegut-41_anthropology_i-think-about-my-education-sometimes-i-w_813783.jpg) > [“We teach our children one thing only, as we were taught: to wake up. We teach our children to look alive there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/we-teach-our-children-one-thing-only-as-we-were-taught-to-wake-up-we/) [Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd6/annie-dillard-509_children_we-teach-our-children-one-thing-only-as_342097.jpg) > [One thing I was taught growing up is it's only pressure when you're not prepared. And you're just not working hard. Those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jalen-brunson/one-thing-i-was-taught-growing-up-is-it-s-only-pressure-when-you-re/) [Jalen Brunson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jalen-brunson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/647/jalen-brunson-12824_hard_one-thing-i-was-taught-growing-up-is-it_1624459.jpg) > [The one thing nobody was taught was how to deal with success, and I think that happens to everyone who makes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-gillan/the-one-thing-nobody-was-taught-was-how-to-deal-with-success-and-i/) [Ian Gillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-gillan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44b/ian-gillan-4769_age_the-one-thing-nobody-was-taught-was-how_784191.jpg) > [One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/one-of-the-most-important-things-one-can-do-in-life-is-to-brutally/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/bryant-h-mcgill-2612_important_one-of-the-most-important-things-one-can_890700.jpg) > [At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-g-woodson/at-this-moment-then-the-negroes-must-begin-to-do-the-very-thing-which/) [Carter G. Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-g-woodson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/carter-g-woodson-10187_begin_at-this-moment-then-the-negroes-must-beg_1241563.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thing-taught/#itemlist", "name": "Thing Taught Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The most important thing anyone taught me in this business was not to take anything personally.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sean Lock" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-lock/the-most-important-thing-anyone-taught-me-in-this-business-was-not-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/sean-lock-8248_anything_the-most-important-thing-anyone-taught-m_1519543.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/sean-lock-8248_anything_the-most-important-thing-anyone-taught-m_1519543.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/sean-lock-8248_anything_the-most-important-thing-anyone-taught-m_1519543.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The most important thing anyone taught me in this business was not to take anything personally.” — Sean Lock", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's one thing my old man taught me and it's the best thing he taught me. 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