“My father was a painter and he taught art. He once said to me, 'I never knew an Indian child who could not draw.'” ChildrenArtSaidFatherTaughtDrawsPainterIndian Author:N. Scott Momaday
“We have been taught to keep the commandments, and we have kept them all too well. We have enshrined them like religious relics in sealed containers on the altar. Thus, it could be said that one lives by the commandments in much the same way as many persons live by a neighbor, never learning his name, let alone having any understanding communication with him.” WayWellsPersonsHas BeensSaidNamesUnderstandingReligiousTaughtCommunicationNeighborLive ByCommandmentsAltarsRelicsContainers Book:Breaking the Ten Commandments: Discover the Deeper Meaning Source: Breaking the Ten Commandments: Discover the Deeper Meaning
“Not long ago someone said I should shorten it to just Emma. But I really, really love my name. From as far as I can remember, my parents have taught me to be really proud of my name.” ShouldLongSaidI CanRememberNamesParentTaughtProudLong AgoEmma Author:Emayatzy E. Corinealdi
“Sister Eliza R. Snow was given a charge from the prophet Brigham Young to help lift and teach the sisters of the Church. She “taught that individual women could receive inspiration to guide them in their personal lives, their families, and their Church responsibilities. She said: ‘Tell the sisters to go forth and discharge their duties, in humility and faithfulness and the Spirit of God will rest upon them and they will be blest in their labors. Let them seek for wisdom instead of power and they will have all the power they have wisdom to exercise.’” SaidHelpingInspirationYoungSpiritIndividualGivenChurchResponsibilityTeachHumilityTaughtDutyExerciseLaborGuidesGods WillSnowLiftsProphetPersonal LifeFaithfulnessSpirit Of GodDischarge Author:Eliza R. Snow
“Robert Duvall taught me years ago. He said, "You know theatre is not real. I don't like plays." You know, he doesn't like plays. And I agree with him in certain ways, you know. They can be fun. I don't mind going to see them. I went and saw Phantom of the Opera. I thought hey, that's cool. Look at the mask and all that.” KnowsWayYearsMindLooksSaidRealPlayCertainFunSawsTaughtYears AgoAgreeTheatreHeyMaskOperaPhantoms Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“Even those who have desired to work out a completely positive philosophy have been philosophers only to the extent that, at the same time, they have refused the right to install themselves in absolute knowledge. They taught not this knowledge, but its becoming in us, not the absolute but, at most, our absolute relation to it, as Kierkegaard said. What makes a philosopher is the movement which leads back without ceasing from knowledge to ignorance, from ignorance to knowledge, and a kind of rest in this movement.” KindHas BeensSaidPhilosophyMovementIgnoranceTaughtBecomingRelationAbsolutesPhilosopherWork Out Book:In Praise of Philosophy and Other Essays Source: In Praise of Philosophy and Other Essays
“In a recent interview, Michelle Obama said that the Secret Service taught Malia how to drive. In exchange, Malia taught the Secret Service how to throw a party when her parents are away.” SaidParentPartySecretTaughtInterviewsSecret Service Author:Conan O'Brien
“One who views thing as they are in reality, and not as they are said or thought to be, is truly wise, taught by God rather than by other persons” PersonsSaidRealityViewsWiseTaught Author:Thomas a Kempis