Taught Quotes - Page 11

Christianity taught us to see the eye of the lord looking down upon us. Such forms of knowledge project an image of reality, at the expense of reality itself. They talk figures and icons and signs, but fail to perceive forces and flows. They bind us to other realities, and especially the reality of power as it subjugates us. Their function is to tame, and the result is the fabrication of docile and obedient subjects.

Life has taught me one big lesson, always keep the girlies guessing.

Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create.

Decision-making is difficult because, by its nature, it involves uncertainty. If there was no uncertainty, decisions would be easy! The uncertainty exists because we don't know the future, we don't know if the decision we make will lead to the best possible outcome. Cognitive science has taught us that relying on our gut or intuition often leads to bad decisions, particularly in cases where statistical information is available. Our guts and our brains didn't evolve to deal with probabilistic thinking.

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.

Nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Astrology is a science in itself and contains an illuminating body of knowledge. It taught me many things and I am greatly indebted to it. Geophysical evidence reveals the power of the stars and the planets in relation to the terrestrial. In turn, astrology reinforces this power to some extent. This is why astrology is like a life-giving elixir to mankind.

My father taught me a good lesson: Don't get to low when things go wrong. And don't get too high when things are good.

Texture is most evident where dark meets light on the turning edge and at the outer edge. Experience has taught us to assume that the areas in between have similar features.

Waste of time is the leading feature of our present education. Not only are we taught a mass of rubbish, but what is not rubbish is taught so as to make us waste over it as much time as possible.

It is okay for people you love to leave. For them to come and go. She taught it to me over and over.

If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.

Our culture raises us to seek success but we are not taught how to live with it.

I was taught over and over again that the accumulation of random mutations led to evolutionary change - led to new species. I believed it until I looked for evidence.

You haven't taught until they've learned.

Vietnam presumably taught us that the United States could not serve as the world's policeman; it should also have taught us the dangers of trying to be the world's midwife to democracy when the birth is scheduled to take place under conditions of guerrilla war.

My life has taught me to be more curious than afraid.

I go back to what Mrs. Roosevelt taught me: 'Always compromise, but compromise upwards.'

I was a middle-of-the-road Democrat more than anything else. I know I voted for Carter. Watergate taught me how bad the Republicans were.

In our education system, we are taught to munch figures and remember them for lifetime. But does it help? We are not taught how to make decisions.

You know what Oscar Wilde said, ma'am? He said, "nothing that is worth knowing can be taught". Nothing personal, ma'am... Carry on.

The individual is taught that there is nothing that he as a total person is to feel ashamed of or self-hating for.

The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.

Harvard makes mistakes too, you know. Kissinger taught there.