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.
I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live elsewhere.
I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is.
You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.
I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that.
They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
There are a lot of little lessons that can be taught around the home without sitting a child down and boring them to death with your philosophy of life!
But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?
I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.
Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.
I have always respected education, which is why I actually went back secretly and taught school for eight years.
The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.
'All My Children' taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera!
One of my great values that my father intuited, and indirectly taught me, is that you should always have a plan but be open to opportunity.
We come from Second City where you're taught if you make your fellow stage partner look good, that makes you look good.
My father was a veteran and my mother a schoolteacher. They taught me the value of a good job and an honest day's work.
You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson.
Well, I believe in God. I taught Sunday school.
I kinda taught myself how to play guitar, and I still play to this day. It's become a pretty big part of my life.
So the ethic I was taught in school resulted in the path I chose in my life following school.
The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.
