Taught Quotes
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Grammar school never taught me anything about grammar.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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I didn't know who I was and I didn't know if what was in me was any good. But my parents taught me to believe in myself and to work until something happens.
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Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement.
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I was always taught that Latin, Caribbean people were cousins to me, as well as blues was a cousin to me, as well as Africans were direct relatives to me. It was all a part of my language.
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Working with [Robert] De Niro taught me a lot about being an actor's director.
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The Marine Corps taught me how to kill, but it didn't teach me how to deal with killing.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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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.
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I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance. It taught me hard work, but then I grew to love it.
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My father taught me that only through self-discipline can you achieve freedom. Pour water in a cup and you can drink; without the cup, the water would splash all over. The cup is discipline.
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My favorite teammate of all time was Dan Reeves. Dan and I roomed together for four years. Dan's probably one of my best friends. I can understand him. He's from Americus, Ga., got that old, slow, southern drawl stuff. Dan's a great guy. Great competitor. He probably taught me more about football than any of the coaches did. He was still a student of the game. When you go from college to the pros, college football, yeah, you've got a playbook, but it ain't that big. Well when you get in the pros, you've got a playbook that's pretty thick. I was lost, really. But he showed me what to study and how to study.
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I'm still Christian. I was not raised in a Christian church to hate people. I was taught to love people and accept people. I know what I believe.
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You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't.
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The 100m taught me a lot and it's given me confidence.
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I was taught as a young child by my parents and family to love myself.
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I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.
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A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.
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It's true, I did a lot of great movies, and I'm happy. It was what it was, and now I think all of that has fed into where I am now, and I think it has taught me a lot.
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Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.
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My grandma taught me how to hand-sew, so I'm always making things from hand-me-downs.
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Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions.
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If we taught children to speak, they'd never learn.
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I was a dancer of no repute. But dance taught me a lot. You walk into a dance studio knowing you have to walk out with a dance. You improvise.
