(329 quotes found)
“The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be born in a man. No dramatic college can teach its pupils to think or to feel. It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.”
Oscar Wilde
“Magpie, n.: A bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.”
Ambrose Bierce
“A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled”
James Arthur Baldwin
“There's not a nook within this solemn pass/ But were an apt confessional for one/ Taught by his summer spent, his autumn gone,/ That life is but a tale of morning grass/ Withered at eve.”
William Wordsworth
“You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same.”
Chuck Close
“He played at the highest level and he taught me the way the game was supposed to be played. The game was never forced on me. But I wanted to be just like Dad. Guys from the Giants were always around. Phil Simms lived close by. He was over the house a lot and I used to always go to his son Chris' birthday parties. I used to go to the all games but I don't remember them. I was only 3 when he retired.”
Ryan Neill
“First he wrought, and afterward he taught.”
Geoffrey Chaucer
“Hey, don't put that glass on the table without a coaster. Haven't I taught you better?”
Reese Witherspoon
“My mom, you can't go wrong with my mom. I mean, she's brilliant. She's taught me a lot, you know, just about everything. The only thing I don't like about her is that I think she's a little afraid for us to grow up. She's motherly and she's just trying to hold us back, and she's actually just starting to accept me now.”
Jack Osbourne
“She taught me that it's OK to let down your guard and allow your players to get to know you. They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
Pat Summitt
