#taught

We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#because #been #being #change #democracy

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#academe #academy #ancient #football #modern

Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children. ↗

— Patrick Buchanan

#evolution #godless #insist #parents #right

My mother taught me that the universe guides, teaches, and offers up gifts... even when bad things happen. ↗

— John Wozniak

#even #gifts #guides #happen #me

I wish they taught green screen acting classes. ↗

— Hayden Christensen

#classes #green #green screen #i #i wish

My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a function of my age than anything else though - back when I was in school there were hardly any programming classes. ↗

— Bram Cohen

#any #anything #back #basic #classes

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy. ↗

— Marie Curie

#i #neither #nor #progress #swift

My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education. ↗

— Ronnie James Dio

#childhood #education #family #hard #hard work

You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't. ↗

— Samantha Fox

#either #got #taught #you

People have taught me not to look for intelligence in rockmusic. ↗

— Andrew Eldritch

#look #me #people #taught