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.

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...

Education is every day and everywhere, the only thing you have to pay is attention.

Dad was a passionate sailor, and he taught me.

I created myself. I have taught myself so much.

A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

As disabled people, we are taught from a young age that those who are attracted to us are to be regarded with suspicion.

What happens when you’re a child professional is that you have to be, well, professional. You’re taught not to have tantrums, to always people-please.

‘Transformers’ was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way...

When you’re in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.

I have a real no-nonsense dad who taught me how to be resilient at a very young age.

I was never taught how to raise a child, because I wasn’t raised properly.

It’s undeniable that what we are taught as a culture to believe about disability is at odds with traditional notions of masculinity.

You must remember, my own philosophy is that you don’t belong only to yourself. You have an obligation to the society which protected you when you were brought into the world, which taught you, which...

I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.

I like to make Arroz con Gandules, rice with pigeon peas. My husband loves it. It’s a Puerto Rican dish my mother taught me.

When we were little,” the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, “we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle –...

No matter how you were taught by your teacher about how to recite a poem, it is impossible to wear your teacher’s smiling face to the stage. You got to put on that smile.

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 because it’s taught me to appreciate all the ups.

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...