What it taught me was forgiveness. It taught me that when people present themselves in a certain way, there’s probably some back story or issue or reason for the way that they are. It’s not...

He taught us that everyone has a good story and the more of others you understand, the better your grasp of human nature, a gift given great weight in my family.

My childhood taught me nothing… zero.

I detest self-regard. If my work has taught me anything, it is that self-aggrandisement is completely unhistorical.

To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told…and have a sense of humor doing it.

Women are told from their infancy, and taught by the example of their mothers, that a little knowlegde of human weakness, justly termed cunning, softness of temper; outward obedience, and a scrupulous attention to a...

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.

Art can only be taught by artists.

It is with this as with religion: one usually believes what he has been taught.

When I went to school – Pasadena Playhouse – we were taught that the obligation of the actor is twofold: to entertain and to educate.

The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught. To learn entails that the knowledge was achieved on one’s own accord – it feels great – but...

My father taught me that the easiest thing to do was to quit. He’d say, ‘It doesn’t take any talent to do that.’

Faith is about going through hell, coming out with some scars, and becoming a wiser person from the lessons you’ve learned along the way. You must take the scars of your past and appreciate them...

The problem I have with schools is, people are taught, ‘This is how you do this.’ They’re not taught about why you do this.

Don’t do this and don’t do that. ‘Don’t do’ is all what I’ve been taught. I thought for a long time that I’ve came to this life not to do anything.

I was a theater dork in high school and did all the plays. My theater teacher in high school, Janet Spahr, was absolutely incredible and mentored me throughout school. She taught me a lot about...

Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It’s about being educated.

The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his own pain.

Well, I believe in God. I taught Sunday school.

War taught me that not everything is glamorous.

I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.

If I could only teach you one thing about the world, it would be to Appreciate and be as present as possible in every moment. Take everything in and try and learn from it. No...

I remember being taught my place.

Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.

To grieve is something extremely difficult, we don’t even know how to begin to grieve, and I don’t know how you can be taught to grieve.

Songs have taught me more about life than school ever has and how to follow my ambitions no matter what they are and how to live my life no matter the trade-off.

Most of us believe we can spot a drowning person when we see one. But we always make the mistake of thinking that drowning only involves what. believe it or not, you have missed quite...

I taught myself to tune in to another person’s wavelength, figure out what they were looking for, and try to project that thing back at them.

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

Surely one of the most visible lessons taught by the twentieth century has been the existence, not so much of a number of different realities, but of a number of different lenses with which to...

When I taught, all my best students were women.

If you become a teacher, by your pupils you’ll be taught.

Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.

Harvard makes mistakes too, you know. Kissinger taught there.

In my own worst seasons I’ve come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look hard, for a long time, at a single glorious thing: a flame of red geranium outside...

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear.

My mum taught me that redheads shouldn’t wear pink, red or orange, but if you choose the right shade, such as a bright orange or a cherry red, it can look fabulous.

One of the things we’re taught as actors is restraint – don’t jump off the cliff.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is.

One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath.

I’d been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you’re better than you are.

Experience has taught me that you have to improve all the time-little bit by little bit-and not keeping starting everything from new.

Faulkner came from my region and taught me how you could write about a place.

He loved constantly, instantly, spontaneously, without thought or words. That’s what he taught me. Love is not something you think about, it is a state in which you dwell. That was his gift.

I was a dancer for many years. I was a premier dancer with ‘Porgy and Bess,’ the opera. And I taught dance some, in different places.

My father taught me how to fight when I was 5.

Some girls are taught to be sexy.

He took me under his wing when I first came to the Rams and taught me everything – his technique in the pass rush, how to play off blockers, and how to make the big...