Teach Quotes - Page 24

• Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Demand, Parrots, Term

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• As a father, physician and nurse, I have a special place in my heart for children, and I know the brief window of opportunity we have to teach them simple lessons that can lead to a lifetime of good health.

  Richard Carmona

  Children, Father, Heart

  "Childhood Obesity: Fighting for the Future Health of America’s Youth" by Richard Carmona, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 25, 2010.

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• I taught principally German language and literature at Eton. But any master with private pupils must be prepared to teach anything they ask for. That can be as diverse as the early paintings of Salvador Dali or how bumblebees manage to fly.

  John le Carre

  German Language, Bumblebees, Literature

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• I don’t claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the Bible. Every Sunday I’m home I teach 45 minutes and we boiled them down to one page for the new book, “Through the Year with Jimmy Carter.”

  Jimmy Carter

  Book, Home, Sunday

  "Jimmy Carter Interview: Real Story Behind Egypt Israeli Peace Deal". Interview with Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2012.

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• It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.

  Jimmy Carter

  Inspirational, Life, Beauty

  Jimmy Carter (1988). “An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections”, Bantam

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• My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Art, Fall, Men

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt: Complete”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.

  Paul Cezanne

  Artist, Optics, Study

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• Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.

  William Ellery Channing

  Life, Responsibility, Influence

  William Ellery Channing (1835). “The works of Wm. Ellery Channing ...”, p.285

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• I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center.

  Deepak Chopra

  Inspirational, Motivational, Drama

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• I think the biggest reason I was able to express myself and not be intimidated was by not having a mother. For example, mothers teach you manners. And I absolutely did not learn any of those rules and regulations.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Thinking

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• Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Pain, Power, Bears

  "Dictionary Of Latin Quotations Proverbs Maximus And Mottos, Classical And Medieval, Including Law Terms And Phrases". Book by H. Z Riley, November 5, 2015.

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• I want to make it clear that the black race did not come to the United States culturally empty-handed. The role and importance of ethnic history is in how well it teaches a people to use their own talents, take pride in their own history and love their own memories.

  John Henrik Clarke

  Memories, Pride, Race

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• I can never do better than 'Fawlty Towers,' whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game.

  John Cleese

  Games, Towers, Want

  "John Cleese — minister of comedic talk". www.today.com. June 12, 2006.

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• I want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel.

  Hillary Clinton

  Travel, Want, Speak

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• We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.

  William J. Clinton

  Children, Patriotic, Presidential

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• Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.

  Jean Cocteau

  Teaching, Recovery, Here I Am

  Arthur King Peters, Jean Cocteau, André Gide (1973). “Jean Cocteau and André Gide: An Abrasive Friendship”, New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press

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• I believe that no one can teach you how to act, but schools do give you an environment to make mistakes, to learn techniques and to learn professionalism.

  Enrico Colantoni

  Mistake, Believe, School

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly.

  Bessie Coleman

  Women, School, Flying

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• I think the most effective way to run a kitchen is to teach, not to just yell.

  Tom Colicchio

  Running, Thinking, Kitchen

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• We're adults. We're the ones who should teach the kids what's good to eat. I don't think the government should ever regulate what we eat at home, but we're feeding them in school with tax dollars. Quite frankly, if my tax dollars are being spent to feed kids, I'd rather feed them better food.

  Tom Colicchio

  Home, School, Kids

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• Logic teaches rules for presentation, not thinking.

  Mason Cooley

  Thinking, Logic, Presentation

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• Jesus teaches us to forgive and I've got to trust him on that one.

  Billy Corgan

  Jesus, Forgiving

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• I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad.

  Justin Cronin

  Writing, Iowa, Fiction

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• I came to Houston for a job, the reason most people move halfway across the country with a first grader and a five-week-old. I came here to teach at Rice.

  Justin Cronin

  Country, Jobs, Moving

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• I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

  Angela Davis

  Philosophy, Thinking, Study

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