Taught Me Quotes

#1. We would screw up our children. It was inevitable. Julie had taught me that you never get the child you want or expect. You get the child you get and you try your best to make sure they turn out to be a decent human being. That was all that mattered. An

Ilona Andrews

#2. That taught me one lesson which is that you're naive to believe that bands can change the world. Bands are very naive to think that just if their audience thinks that they can change the world, that they can. That was quite a lesson for my career, really.

Billy Bragg

#3. You've shown me joy where before I saw only despair. You've taught me hope where before I knew only hopelessness. I may be broken, but all my pieces are yours. And I'll work every day of my life to deserve you.

Penny Reid

#4. I seem to be having difficulty - my first instructor was Dr. Chandra. He taught me to sing a song, it goes like this, 'Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you.'" The

Arthur C. Clarke

#5. Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become a writer. He also, in a way, gave me permission to write about northern Montana.

James Welch

#6. One person who has taught me a lot and inspired me a lot was Peter Falk. I was fortunate enough to have worked with him in this movie called 'Vig.' He brought my work to a place where it literally shouldn't have been for another two or three years.

Freddie Prinze Jr.

#7. Experience has taught me that advertisers get the best results when they pay their agency a flat fee. It is unrealistic to expect your agency to be impartial when its vested interest lies wholly in the direction of increasing your commissionable advertising.

David Ogilvy

#8. She taught me so much, she said to herself. She built me as we were walking around after the sheep, and she told me all those things that I needed to know, and the first thing was to look after people. Of course, the other thing had been to look after the sheep.

Terry Pratchett

#9. The closer you get to death, the more alive you feel. Dylan Thomas wrote, Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. My dad always taught me to live like that. Dad wrote a poem too. It goes, Dune buggies. Woohoo!

Christopher Titus

#10. My grandmother, who taught me how to cook, didn't know how to read.

Jill Lepore

#11. This holiday season has taught me the value of presence over presents.
It is good to be home.

JohnA Passaro

#12. I learned more from the first stupid woman who fell in love with me than ever my brains taught me.

George Bernard Shaw

#13. The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.

John Lee Hooker

#14. My grandmother always taught me, 'If you don't have a home, family, and church, you don't have anything.'

Jennifer Hudson

#15. It has taught me a lesson not to give my word of honor about cows.

L.M. Montgomery

#16. Growing up, I took so many cues from books. They taught me most of what I knew about what people did, about how to behave. They were my teachers and my advisers.

Neil Gaiman

#17. Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth.

William Banting

#18. I have always let my motivation guide me, and that has served me well. Climbing has taught me how to thrive and created a life that I feel incredibly lucky to have.

Tommy Caldwell

#19. When I was young, every time I criticized someone, my mother would stand me in front of the mirror and say: 'The flaws you see in others are actually a reflection of yourself.' That taught me to pay close attention when I looked at others.

Richard Branson

#20. You know how to shoot?"- Emma
"Yes. My dad taught me everything about gun safety. He was an expert." - Heather
"What happened to him?" -Shanna
"He was ... shot." -Heather

Kerrelyn Sparks

#21. One of the things Thich Nhat Hanh taught me: he says, "When you're in a hurry, go slower." That works every time, unless you're trying to catch a plane.

Sandra Cisneros

#22. One of my bosses happened to be one of the early architects of some of the ways Internet providers work. He taught me how the cables connect, how the telecom providers work ... I learned how to make my own Ethernet cables, all the way up to running a small business.

David Ulevitch

#23. My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

Pete Rose

#24. Some old traits never die, isn't that right Kurt?"
"And some are easily fixed with death. It was you who always taught me that," Kurt said ruthlessly.

Kia Carrington-Russell

#25. In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.

Aaron Lazar

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

Peter Ackroyd

#27. From Caprock Rancher:
Another thing Pa taught me: If you're going to fight ... fight. Talk about it after.

Louis L'Amour

#28. A year has taught me that really great people make stupid mistakes sometimes.

Maggi Myers

#29. Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.

Zoe Wanamaker

#30. The one thing all that battle taught me, is that no one walks away without scars. No one. (Bad Moon Rising)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#31. Something coming back from the dead was almost always bad news. Movies taught me that. For every one Jesus you get a million zombies.

David Wong

#32. I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior - my dog Rusty. He taught me that animals have personalities, minds, and feelings.

Jane Goodall

#33. If nothing else, my analysis of George W.'s oratory style had taught me that a sincere countenance and a confident stance were sufficient to distract your audience from the fact that you were talking rubbish.

Colin Cotterill

#34. One of the first things Catholic school taught me is that babies were born sinners. You sucked before you took your first breath.

Lizz Winstead

#35. Sport taught me how to goal set, it really gave me a voice and identity.

Mia Hamm

#36. Mom always taught me not to use the word hate. As if it were profanity.

Tedd Arnold

#37. It's so funny, you go to acting school thinking you're going to learn how to be other people, but really it taught me how to be myself. Because it's in understanding yourself deeply that you can lend yourself to another person's circumstances and another person's experience.

Lupita Nyong'o

#38. My wife Patrice, in addition to being enormously supportive, has taught me a lot about life. She might argue it's because I have so much to learn. One of the most important things I've learned is the art of listening.

James Comey

#39. The PCT had taught me what a mile was.

Cheryl Strayed

#40. If depression has taught me one thing, it is this: what a rare and beautiful treasure is the simple human gift of joy. For me now, joy - our capacity to delight in one another and in the world - is the reason why we are here. It is as simple as that. And I feel compelled to spread the word.

Giles Andreae

#41. Frida Kahlo taught me a lot without ever bragging about anything.

Chavela Vargas

#42. Rich dad has taught me "You can't do it" doesn't necessarily mean "you can't". It more often means "they can't".

Robert Kiyosaki

#43. My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be.

Susana Martinez

#44. I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.

Shane Claiborne

#45. Loss taught me. Loss taught me that death comes to both the old and the young.

Nana Awere Damoah

#46. Fox taught me how to sing and dance

Cory Monteith

#47. My diabetes is such a central part of my life ... it did teach me discipline ... it also taught me about moderation ... I've trained myself to be super-vigilant ... because I feel better when I am in control.

Sonia Sotomayor

#48. Everything I ever learnt as a small boy came from my father, and I never found anything he ever told me to be wrong or worthless. The simple lessons he taught me are as sharp and clear in my mind as if I had heard them only yesterday.

Irving Pichel

#49. they taught me that there was value in trying to fix something even when everyone else has given up.

R.S. Grey

#50. Studying wine taught me that there was a very big difference between soil and dirt: dirt is to soul what zombies are to humans. Soil is full of life, while dirt is devoid of it.

Olivier Magny

#51. The best thing wrestling ever taught me was how to network with people, how to talk to people, how to deal with a lot of different kinds of people in different situations and being a good guy and a bad guy teaches you how to be able to have a thick skin.

Ric Savage

#52. I left behind my humanity. I tore Nila from my heart. I embraced the motherfucking ice my father had taught me. This would kill me. But it had to be done. I stepped into the darkness and prepared to murder.

Pepper Winters

#53. Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.

Kobe Bryant

#54. When I had challenges, it taught me to be more on top of it for the future. Things go wrong all the time when you're running your own business, but it's how you perceive it and deal with it that matters.

Lori Greiner

#55. I learned how to get rid of the Southern accent when I was, like, 11 years old and living in New York for the summer doing modeling and commercials and auditioning for Broadway. The mother I lived with for the summer taught me how to drop my Southern accent.

Nikki DeLoach

#56. My mother taught me how to write.

Kesha

#57. It taught me that Clinton's instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right answer to these things.

Paul Begala

#58. No sense of satisfaction, but my uncle's death had taught me that revenge is far less sweet than it promises to be. An empty meal, however long you take over it.

Mark Lawrence

#59. My mother was a big influence; she was exceedingly chic, completely dressed in a completely different manner than I did. I was a child of the Depression, so she taught me all about accessories, and I always tell everybody she worships at the altar of the accessory.

Iris Apfel

#60. This book is dedicated to all the students I've known over the years who've taught me humility and what it means to really be a kid.

Dr. Kid Brain

#61. This book taught me, once and for all, how easily you can escape this world with the help of words! You can find friends between the pages of a book, wonderful friends.

Cornelia Funke

#62. I have seen quite a lot of things in life. I would not like to change anything. Because every moment of my life has taught me something.

Sunny Deol

#63. I take pride in working very hard. You need to understand that hard work doesn't instantly pay off. My career grew gradually and taught me a lesson every step of the way.

Trey Songz

#64. I just read everything I could get my hands on. I taught myself to read or my mother taught me. Who knows how I learned to read? It was before I went to school, so I would go to the library and just take things off the shelf. My mother had to sign a piece of paper saying I could take adult books.

Joan Didion

#65. But I want to be better than the lessons they taught me. I want my love to be greater that my hate, my mercy to be stronger than my vengeance.

Amy Engel

#66. 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' has taught me more about the nature of a vacuum in space than any of the demonstrations in my high school AP physics textbook.

Andrea Seigel

#67. I remember an old Singer sewing machine at home that belonged to my grandmother. It had a pedal. My mom taught me how to use it when I was 12 years old. I used to find it so intriguing, how a flat piece of material could be made into an object that had so many uses.

Bibhu Mohapatra

#68. My mum taught me that bodies are bodies, and they come in all shapes and sizes - we should be free about that. My legs are a bit dangly, and my knees point inwards. Everyone has insecurities, but I try not to focus on them. It's important to be confident with what you've got.

Eliza Doolittle

#69. The most important thing my grandfather taught me was that the most noble way to use your skills, intellect and energy is to defend the marginalized against those with the greatest power - and that the resulting animosity from those in power is a badge of honor.

Glenn Greenwald

#70. My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education.

Ronnie James Dio

#71. I'm a huge NASCAR fan, but I'm not a gearhead. I've never been into fixing cars. It's not because I don't like it. I would love to know more. It's just my dad never taught me that stuff because my dad wasn't a mechanic.

Larry The Cable Guy

#72. I turned to run, but I didn't actually take a step, even though I wanted to. That wasn't the way I was raised. My mother taught me that if you knock on a door, you have to wait there until someone answers.

Haruki Murakami

#73. Ai taught me a Terran game played on squares with little stones, called go, an excellent difficult game.

Ursula K. Le Guin

#74. As for helping me in the outside world, the Convent taught me only that if you spit on a pencil eraser, it will erase ink.

Dorothy Parker

#75. My exploration of the biology of beliefs has taught me universal tolerance.

Abhijit Naskar

#76. My children taught me the true meaning of unconditional love.

Yvonne Pierre

#77. My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind, but you just try to reach for them. It's like gathering clouds.

Kirby Larson

#78. There are a lot of things my mother taught me and helped me and disciplined me and made sure I stayed on the right track. And there are a ton of things that only my father could have taught me.

Richard Sherman

#79. My parents always taught me never to take anything for granted because it can be taken away from you like that, especially when it comes to looks. I could get into a car crash tomorrow and disfigure my face. So I have to stay grounded.

Lance Gross

#80. Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors. She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.

Alan Paton

#81. That was a day that taught me the meaning of abject failure.

Walter Moers

#82. Fighting has taught me that the caterpillar takes a while to turn into a majestic butterfly.

Jesse Taylor

#83. I can neither teach nor live by the faith of others. I must live by my own faith as the Spirit of the Lord has taught me through His Word.

Menno Simons

#84. My husband taught me so much about being a father. No matter what any of our children do, my husband will always believe in them, love them and accept them.

Tasha Smith

#85. I believe in irony. And if V-Day has taught me anything, it's that if you go out with artistic, outrageous irony and humor, people are drawn to it.

Eve Ensler

#86. My father was the Jewish half of the family, yet it was my mother who taught me to have pride in that tradition.

Gloria Steinem

#87. Adieu my dear friends, I have come to this grave
Where Insatiate Death in his reaping hath brought me.
Till Christ rise again all His children to save,
I must lie, as His Word in the Scriptures hath taught me.

Thomas Pynchon

#88. My best friend in medical school was a magician. And we were shown an X-ray of a sword-swallower, and I tried it and failed. Then I got a sword-swallower as a patient, and he taught me.

Hans Rosling

#89. My mother taught me caring and sensitivity towards the feelings of others, animals as well as humans. She gave me much good, practical advice for getting through life.

Robert C. Merton

#90. I'm a really good driver. I've been driving since I was very small, and I do like driving fast. I remember the first time my dad taught me that when you go into a corner you change down then put your foot right down on the way out. I'm very competitive about driving.

Jennifer Saunders

#91. The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy that too, but I get more enjoyment out of really listening to everyone.

Damon Albarn

#92. The only authority my mother recognized was God's. God is love and the Bible is truth--everything else was up for debate. She taught me to challenge authority and question the system. The only way it backfired on her was that I constantly challenged and questioned her.

Trevor Noah

#93. I didn't know that my sister was really my mother until I was thirty-seven years old. But life has taught me that there have been a lot of things that I didn't know.

Jack Nicholson

#94. After my parents got divorced, I had to go right into public school in the fourth grade. The Steiner school had never really taught me how to read, so it was a rude awakening. I was playing catch-up the whole time.

Justin Theroux

#95. I don't like to write any music to a script. Experience has taught me that's generally a waste of time.

Cliff Martinez

#96. Life is short, but it is wide. Genevieve Whitman taught me that.

Rebecca Wells

#97. Goodbye, Papa, you saved me. You taught me to read. No one can play like you. I'll never drink champagne. No one can play like you.
-Liesel

Markus Zusak

#98. I looked at the rap community like street kids wanting their own brand. But now I look at that period with the rappers in the 90s as a trend of the moment. What it taught me was never to follow a trend, because trends move on.

Tommy Hilfiger

#99. He taught me early in life to take people one at a time, based on their individual qualities and never as a member of a group. That led, he said, to hatred and bias; that was what the Nazis had done.

Robert M. Gates

#100. There is none of my uncle's marks upon you; he taught me how to know a man in love; in which cage of rushes I am sure you are not prisoner.

William Shakespeare