All Quotes

I learned that coming out was crucial to self-esteem.
‐‐ Ian Mckellen

I learned that Congress is a place with more heart than courage; there are more good souls in Washington than brave ones. I learned that the whole is not always the sum of its parts: that what you put in doesn't always match what you get out.
‐‐ Joaquin Castro

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
‐‐ Nelson Mandela

I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
‐‐ Garry Kasparov

I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
‐‐ Octavia E. Butler

I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well.
‐‐ Tim Cook

I learned that I could not do enough work; it's always incomplete. When you ask a question, the answer will raise four more questions, and those four will become eight.
‐‐ Tobin Bell

I learned that I had been brought up as a protected, blindfolded daughter.
‐‐ Muriel Rukeyser

I learned that I never really know the true story of my guests' lives, that I have to content myself with knowing that when I'm interviewing somebody, I'm getting a combination of fact and truth and self-mythology and self-delusion and selective memory and faulty memory.
‐‐ Terry Gross

I learned that I suffered from bipolar II disorder, a less serious variant of bipolar I, which was once known as manic depression. The information was naturally frightening; up to 1 in 5 people with bipolar disorder will commit suicide, and rates may even be higher for those suffering from bipolar II.
‐‐ Ayelet Waldman

I learned that I truly am a fighter and that I cannot give up.
‐‐ Rachel Platten

I learned that I was just getting too consumed by racing. That's all I used to do was think about it. You have to be able to turn it off. You have to make yourself stop, or you'll get burned out.
‐‐ Tony Stewart

I learned that if we embrace what's happening, we are also embracing what is possible - and a road opens up for God to meet us halfway.
‐‐ Suzan-Lori Parks

I learned that if we set our mind to things, we can accomplish almost anything no matter what the circumstances are.
‐‐ Scott Haze

I learned that if you bring black people together, you bring them together with a song. To this day, I don't understand how people think they can bring anybody together without a song.
‐‐ Bernice Johnson Reagon

I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
‐‐ Natasha Lyonne

I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.
‐‐ Gale Sayers

I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he or she follows his or her own culture.
‐‐ Rain

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.
‐‐ Leo Rosten

I learned that lack of budget can be overcome by fan passion if you can get your content to the people who like what you do.
‐‐ Felicia Day

I learned that leadership is about falling in love with the people and the people falling in love with you. It is about serving the people with selflessness, with sacrifice, and with the need to put the common good ahead of personal interests.
‐‐ Joyce Banda

I learned that lesson a long time ago. When you write popular fiction you're going to get bashed by critics.
‐‐ John Grisham

I learned that life is a long and difficult road, but you have to keep going, or you'll fall by the wayside.
‐‐ Steven Rodney McQueen

I learned that life will go through changes - up and down and up again. It's what life does.
‐‐ Ben Okri

I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage.
‐‐ Tim O'Brien

I learned that most people buy based on emotion, not on a rational breakdown of the product or service.
‐‐ Nick Woodman

I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there aren't really any rules.
‐‐ Agnes Obel

I learned that not everyone values life like we do in America, or the rights that are endowed to every human being by a loving God.
‐‐ Rick Perry

I learned that one can always start again.
‐‐ Jose Mujica

I learned that people are much more game to mock their own personas than you would think.
‐‐ Lena Dunham

I learned that people don't buy anything from unknown stores.
‐‐ Tadashi Yanai

I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families.
‐‐ Steve Kerr

I learned that round four of a major is really not too much different than rounds one through three. I didn't keep to my game plan in the '08 U.S. Women's Open for the final round. That won't happen again!
‐‐ Paula Creamer

I learned that saying you love your friends isn't enough: that love is a verb - it requires Acts of Love. It is all about the doing, not the saying, and now I make a point, every day, of emailing or phoning or making a plan with those I love.
‐‐ Jane Green

I learned that surrounding myself with people who are able to help me is like being surrounded by tangible godliness.
‐‐ Jada Pinkett Smith

I learned that the best way to work is to allow the scene to live on its own before making major adjustments, whether in rehearsal or on film.
‐‐ John Krasinski

I learned that the first technology appeared in the form of stone tools, 2.6 million years ago. First entertainment comes evidence from flutes that are 35,000 years old. And evidence for first design comes 75,000 years old - beads. And you can do the same with your genes and track them back in time.
‐‐ Zeresenay Alemseged

I learned that the hardest party to pull off successfully is Saturday night dinner. This meal is expected to be elaborate: appetizers, first course, dinner, dessert, and coffee. People arrive at 7:30 or 8 p.m. and stay for hours - definitely past my bedtime - and they all go home exhausted.
‐‐ Ina Garten

I learned that the majority of the time, simplicity is the best way to go about things as you peel away the layers... that's when you start finding the gold... I can't say that was from my own acting. That was from observing actors like John Spencer and Martin Sheen... I had a chance just to observe.
‐‐ Dule Hill

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
‐‐ Caitlyn Jenner

I learned that the problems that we have are not solved by blaming somebody else, and that our hope is not in who governs us as a nation. It's not in Mitt Romney or Barack Obama or Ron Paul. Our hope is in the power of God and his gospel working in the hearts of people.
‐‐ Kirk Cameron

I learned that the purpose of the Twelve Steps is to do the will of God.
‐‐ Keith Miller

I learned that the songs that mean the most to me are the songs that I write by myself. While there were people I wrote really well with, particularly Gary Nicholson and Delbert McClinton, and I really enjoyed the experience, I came away from it feeling like I need to write by myself.
‐‐ Benmont Tench

I learned that there are two things that kids really like: movement and love. Happy kids move; unhappy, they don't move.
‐‐ Magnus Scheving

I learned that unemployment can be the great educator.
‐‐ David Caruso

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.
‐‐ Christopher Hitchens

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
‐‐ Dan Millman

I learned that when something just has to be said to move the discussion along, or broaden it or deepen it, if I can just keep my mouth shut for five minutes a student will say it. So for me a lot of teaching is about keeping my mouth shut.
‐‐ Greil Marcus

I learned that when you do the best job that you can do, some people will idolize you, others won't care, and some will vilify you.
‐‐ Mike Love