“I grew up with very hands-on jobs. I was raised on a farm and taught to work hard. In this high-tech, high-speed society, somewhere along the line, we got the message that if we're not a brain surgeon or an astronaut, we really shouldn't be proud of ourselves.” IfsHardHandsJobsLinesBrainTaughtHard WorkGrewProudMessagesGrew UpRaisedSpeedFarmsBe ProudAstronautSurgeonsHigh SpeedBrain Surgeons Author:Aaron Tippin
“My mother was the most amazing person. She taught me to be kind to other women. She believed in family. She was with my father from the first day they met. All that I am, she taught me.” FirstsKindPersonsMotherFatherTaughtMetsBe KindMost AmazingBe Kind To OthersAmazing Person Author:Sidney Poitier
“The life lessons taught by John Wooden have become legend. Here's a collection of some of the greatest 'Woodenisms.'” TaughtLessonsCollectionsLegendsLife Lesson Author:John Wooden
“I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college.” SchoolTaughtCollegeComputerHigh SchoolStuckProgrammingComputer ScienceTaught UsElementary School Author:Masi Oka
“Muse, time has taught me that all metaphysical systems, even historical facts given as truths, are hardly that, so I amuse myself with more agreeable lies; I no longer read anything but novels.” FactsLyingGivenNovelTaughtHistoricalMuseMetaphysicalHistorical Facts Author:Mary Wortley Montagu
“Mainly what I learned from Buddy... was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn't have any barriers to it.” AttitudeTalkingTaughtBarriersBuddy Author:Waylon Jennings
“Joy is as infectious as any disease. When you see a few people dancing, suddenly you feel your feet are ready. You may try to control them, because control has been taught to you, but your body wants to join the dance. Whenever you have an opportunity to laugh, join; whenever you have an opportunity to dance, join; whenever you have an opportunity to sing, sing - and one day you will find you have created your paradise.” PeopleWantFeelsTryingMayHas BeensBodyJoyOpportunityLaughingFeetTaughtReadyOne DayDiseaseDancingYour BodyParadise Author:Rajneesh
“It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.” KnowsYoungDeathLossTaughtLosingTragedyBuddySinger SongwritersRock MusicShort TimeDevastationRockers Author:Waylon Jennings
“Those who say they believe in God and yet neither love nor fear Him, do not in fact believe in Him but in those who have taught them that God exists. Those who believe that they believe in God, but without any passion in their heart, any anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, without an element of despair even in their consolation, believe only in the God-idea, not in God.” MindBelieveHeartIdeasFactsPassionDoubtTaughtDespairElementsUncertaintyBelieve In GodAnguishConsolationGod Exists Author:Miguel de Unamuno
“As an old man...looking back on one's life, it's one of the things that strikes you most forcibly-that the only thing that's taught one anything is suffering. Not success, not happiness, not anything like that. The only thing that really teaches one what life's about...is suffering, affliction.” MenSufferingTeachTaughtStrikesOld ManLooking BackAffliction Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“Jesus taught that we'll never be satisfied with anything we own, only with Who owns us.” JesusTaughtSatisfied Author:Ken Hutcherson
“We're taught to value ourselves not by the good we do but by the shoes we wear.” ValuesTaughtShoes Author:Laurel Mellin
“Experience has taught me a technique for dealing with such people [...] I counter the devotees of the Great Pyramid by adoration of the Sphinx; and the devotee of nuts by pointing out that hazelnuts and walnuts are as deleterious as other foods and only Brazil nuts should be tolerated. But when I was younger I had not yet acquired this technique, with the result that my contacts with cranks were sometimes alarming.” PeopleShouldSometimesResultsTaughtTechniqueContactNutsPointingAdorationPyramidsBrazilDevoteeCrankSphinxWalnutsHazelnuts Author:Bertrand Russell
“To deny that human beings are filled with anti-social passions betrays a denial of reality and a lack of self-awareness. One has to be taught nonsense for a great many formative years to believe it.” YearsBelieveHumansSelfRealityPassionSocialHuman BeingsAwarenessTaughtSelf AwarenessFilledDenyDenialGreat MenNonsenseBetrayAnti SocialFormative YearsDenial Of Reality Book:A Dark Time in America Source: A Dark Time in America
“These days, even a moderate Democrat is someone who thinks you shouldn't be taught fisting until you're at least 12 years old.” ThinkingYearsTaughtDemocratThese DaysModerates Author:Ann Coulter
“The simplest way that I can understand therapy is that we're born a certain way, we're taught to be something different, and we spend our whole lives trying to unravel it.” WayTryingI CanDifferentWholeCertainBornTaughtWhole LifeTherapySimplest Author:Billy Corgan
“My husband and I are in preproduction of three movies, a Latin show, and a children's animation. I'm doing a very unique nail polish line, and finally, I'm developing a hair care line because people always ask me about my hair care system. I do a mask once a week that my grandma taught me how to make, so I want to share it with everyone.” PeopleWantChildrenShowsCareThreeAsksLinesWeekShareTaughtHairHusbandUniqueDevelopingAsk MeMaskMy HusbandLatinNailsAnimationPolishGrandmaMy GrandmaNail Polish Author:Joyce Giraud
“All three of my parents - I also had a stepmother - were teachers, and my dad taught high school, and as he always reminded me when I was going to spend some money on something, 'Your mother and I, in the Depression, had to decide whether to spend a dime on a loaf of bread or if we could go to a movie with it.'” IfsSchoolMotherThreeParentTeacherTaughtDadHigh SchoolMy DadBreadDimesStepmothers Author:Dick Cavett
“When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.” SuccessWinningInspiringTaughtExcuseYankeesNew York Yankees Author:Derek Jeter
“When I see Facebook, I feel like Howlin' Wolf must have felt when he first heard Elvis. 'They finally taught a white boy to do this.'” FeelsFirstsFeltWhiteBoysHeardTaughtHowlin Wolf Author:Jeffrey Zeldman
“My best and worst boss was the same man - my father. He never - and I mean never - took 'I can't' for an answer. He taught me the value system that, to this day, I have continued to practice.” MenMeanI CanValuesFatherAnswersPracticeWorstTaughtBossThis DayValue Systems Author:George Steinbrenner
“I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught us that.” ThinkingJesusChurchTaughtTaught Us Author:Martin Sheen
“I've learned that no matter what, my faith will guide me. However I play on the field, I know my faith will guide me. After sports, my faith will guide me. As I've grown in my faith, that's something that's given me comfort. God has taught me that I can trust in Him. No matter what-whether things are good or bad-I know I can always trust in Him. And that has really allowed me to go All In for Him.” KnowsI CanMatterPlayGivenSportsFieldsTaughtComfortNo Matter WhatGuidesI've LearnedGuide Me Author:Marcus Mariota
“God has taught me that I can trust in Him. No matter what-whether things are good or bad-I know I can always trust in Him. And that has really allowed me to go All In for Him.” KnowsI CanMatterTaughtNo Matter What Author:Marcus Mariota
“Science has taught us, against all intuition, that apparently solid things like crystals and rocks are really almost entirely composed of empty space. And the familiar illustration is the nucleus of an atom is a fly in the middle of a sports stadium, and the next atom is in the next sports stadium.” NextSportsSpaceMiddleRocksTaughtEmptyIntuitionFamiliarAtomsCrystalsStadiumsTaught UsIllustrationEmpty SpaceNucleus Author:Richard Dawkins
“I taught public school for 26 years, but I just can't do it anymore. For years I asked the school board to let me teach a curriculum that doesn't hurt kids, but they always had other fish to fry. If you hear of a job where I don't have to hurt kids to make a living, let me know. The truth is that schools don't really teach anything, but blind obedience.” IfsKnowsYearsKidsSchoolJobsHurtTeachTaughtTruth IsLet MeBlindFishesObedienceBoardsPublic SchoolCurriculumSchool BoardBlind Obedience Author:John Taylor Gatto
“Folks, Brian Williams isn't the exception. He's exactly what they've taught us to expect from them all. It's not journalism any more - it's entertainment, it's celebrity, it's agendas and it's money. All too often, a lie is now an acceptable way of communicating. To the media, a lie has as much value as the truth.” WayLyingValuesMediaTaughtFolksEntertainmentCommunicateJournalismExceptionAgendasAcceptableTaught UsBrian Author:Wayne LaPierre
“Let this point therefore stand: that those whom the Holy Spirit has inwardly taught truly rest upon Scripture, and that Scripture itself is self-authenticated. . . . Therefore, illumined by his power, we believe neither by our own nor by any one else's judgment that Scripture is from God; but above human judgment we affirm with utter certainty (just as if we were gazing upon the majesty of God himself) that it has flowed to us from the very mouth of God by the ministry of men.” IfsMenBelieveHumansSelfSpiritTaughtHolyJudgmentMouthsScriptureCertaintyHoly SpiritMinistryMajestyGazing Author:John Calvin
“My father was a self-employed, commission-only salesman. He sold double-glazing and fitted kitchens, amongst other things. As he never declared himself unemployed, there was never recourse to benefits, so if money was tight, money was tight. It taught me that we were a closed unit, and that we had to be resourceful.” IfsSelfFatherTaughtBenefitsKitchenUnitsEmployedSalesmanUnemployedResourcefulRecourse Author:Neil Oliver
“My father's example taught me self-reliance, to make my own luck, and to work to make things happen.” SelfHappensFatherMy OwnExampleTaughtLuckThings HappenSelf RelianceRelianceMake Things Happen Author:Neil Oliver
“Capitalism has taught us that markets are always more efficient than hierarchical managerial coordination. But in a situation where those three conditions aren't met, I can't outsource or partner with you because markets don't function in the absence of sufficient information.” I CanThreeSituationConditionsInformationTaughtMetsCapitalismFunctionAbsencePartnersSufficientEfficientTaught UsCoordination Author:Clayton Christensen
“Heartbreak is essential. We grow, evolve, and learn about the most beautiful thing ever: Love! My first heartbreak taught me that love is supposed to ADD beauty and happiness to my already love-filled life!” FirstsBeautifulGrowsLove IsTaughtEssentialsFilledAddEvolveBeautiful Things Author:Zulay Henao
“I'm self-taught. But I finally learned that they was having little shows or night dances or whatever you call them at little juke joints not far from where I lived, and I used to go there. They wouldn't let me play inside, but I could sit outside on the weekends, when it wasn't raining or something.” LittlesSelfPlayShowsUsedNightTaughtRainLet MeWeekendJointsSelf Taught Author:B. B. King
“I was wowed by Margo Jefferson's memoir, Negroland, which is about growing up black and privileged in Chicago in the fifties and sixties. It was a window into an alien world. Obviously, I'm not black, but what was really alien to me was her family's focus on respectability. I was never taught when to wear white gloves, what length skirt is appropriate.” WorldBlackWhiteGrowing UpFocusGrowingTaughtWindowMemoirAliensAppropriateLengthChicagoSixtyPrivilegedSkirtsGlovesRespectability Author:Justine Larbalestier
“I taught Bible Study, and there was period where I thought all of my beliefs were right, and everybody who disagreed with me was wrong.” BeliefStudyTaughtPeriodsBible Study Author:Moby
“Everything is not going to go right, not just on the field but also in business. There were times I was injured on the field and could not play for a year or more. It was easy to quit and say, "I can't do it anymore." It taught me I can bounce back. It's the same in business.” YearsI CanPlayEasyFieldsTaughtQuittingInjuredBounce Author:Shawne Merriman
“Women don't run around saying, "Oh, I took a Bodysex workshop, and I had so much fun, and Betty Dodson taught us how to blah blah." They come, they go, and I rarely hear from them again.” RunningFunTaughtTaught UsWorkshopsBlah Author:Betty Dodson
“I taught myself Russian, which was very, very useful, especially for poetry and in fact if you can't read Pushkin in Russian, you're really missing something.” IfsFactsMissingTaughtMissing SomethingPushkin Author:Clive James
“I researched fiction writing for months before I taught my first class, much of it looking for strong techniques from bestselling authors.” WritingFirstsStrongFictionClassTaughtMonthsTechniqueFiction WritingFirst Class Author:James Thayer
“I don't care what studio I'm in, I don't care what producers is producing it and I don't care what song it is because they taught me those things I feel so protected wherever I go as far as music.” FeelsCareSongTaughtStudiosDon't CareProducersI Don't CareProtected Author:Ben E. King
“One of the principle things life has taught me is that we always have a choice. When we say we "can't," we usually mean we're just not willing to pay the price.” MeanChoicesPayPrinciplesTaughtWillingPay The Price Author:Patricia McConnell
“No one had ever made it big from my town until I was able to make it to the NFL and now the big screen. The journey from my town to where I am now has taught me how to be resilient and fearless, and for that I will forever be grateful.” MadeBigsAbleForeverJourneyTaughtTownsGratefulScreensMade ItFearlessNflBe GratefulResilientBig Screen Author:Thomas Jones
“If the theatre has taught me anything, it's that when things change in the body, in the body politic, in the body of the world, in the body of the earth, in the body of the person, there's change. You never go back.” IfsWorldPersonsBodyEarthTaughtTheatreThings Change Author:Eve Ensler
“We can invoke spiritual compensation when we find ourselves in situations of material lack. In other words, what happens for most of us is that we are tempted and we are taught, we are trained as it were, to meet limited circumstances with limited thought.” HappensSpiritualSituationTaughtMaterialsCircumstancesTemptedCompensationInvoke Author:Marianne Williamson
“My parents, who grew up in terror and dealt with segregation and humiliation, nonetheless taught us to be hopeful and open and loving and not hateful toward anyone.” ParentTaughtGrewGrew UpTerrorHopefulHumiliationSegregationHatefulTaught Us Author:Bryan Stevenson
“I remember a class I taught at Ohio State where I assigned a Mary Gaitskill story, which really wasn't that bad, and I had this one girl refuse to read it. But better that reaction than no reaction at all.” StatesStoriesRememberGirlClassTaughtRefuseReactionsMaryOhioOhio State Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“I started designing book jackets, which was great because I was good at it. And then from there I decided to become a freelance graphic designer and I needed to expand beyond book jackets, so I taught myself web design, and then in 1999 some friends of mine decided to start a company called Xanga.com, which was a very early kind of social network slash blogging community.” KindBookSocialCommunityCompanyDesignMinesTaughtNeededDecidedDesignerJacketsGraphicBloggingSocial NetworkWeb DesignGraphic Designer Author:Biz Stone
“In art school we're always taught that art is an end in itself - art for art's sake, expressing yourself, and that that's enough.” ArtEndsEnoughSchoolTaughtArt IsSakeExpress YourselfArt School Author:Eric Drooker
“We have a lot of limiting beliefs that we're not even conscious of. Maybe your family taught you you weren't good enough or you weren't smart enough. Perhaps we're taught that this religion is good and all other religions are bad. It's endless.” EnoughBeliefTaughtSmartConsciousEndlessOur FamilyGood EnoughLimiting Beliefs Author:Deborah King