Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive.
Doug Coupland

Programming is usually taught by examples.
Niklaus Wirth

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.
Joshua Reynolds

I was taught that pain is bad.
Keith Miller

I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.
Oscar Robertson

He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Ben Jonson

One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.
Bryant H. McGill

My wife taught me the importance of living well.
Robert Mondavi

My mother taught me to read.
Fiona Shaw

The worst part is doubt. When you doubt yourself, which we are taught to do, you get lost.
Kevin Eubanks

I taught myself how to play when I was about 13. I'm a lefty.
Jules Shear

AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself.
Ryan White

Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught my the game and you taught me how to play it right.
Wade Boggs

I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.
Robert Morgan

My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.
Ruben Studdard

When I was in Taiwan, I was taught in school that Taiwan is part of China.
Alex Chiu

I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is the very essence of poetry.
Robert Morgan

My view is quite simple. When your dog pees on the carpet, you do not give away your dog. You say, This dog is special. I have to teach him not to pee on the carpet. I feel exactly the same way about men. They need to be taught things.
Jacqueline Bisset

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician.
Ethel Merman

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic - way to face racism. So she taught us to be racist, which is something I had to undo later when I got to Michigan, you know.
James Earl Jones