“Because the first thing that will occur, once the legalization occurs, is that if this curriculum is not being taught already, it will be mandated, it must be taught in the schools. You cannot get out of it. Why? If you would not teach this, it would be considered discriminatory.”

“Men must be taught as if you taught them not,
And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.”

Alexander Pope An Essay on Criticism

“(on not going to his high school prom) I wasn't aware of the prom. I had no idea that it was even going on, not that I would have gone. It's not the kind of thing that would ever occur to me. You would think I would have heard about it in school, but I didn't.”

Larry David (1947) American comedian, writer, actor, and television producer

“Instead of buying your children all the things you never had, you should teach them all the things you were never taught. Material wears out but knowledge stays.”

Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker

“Jan had told him many times "it was you to me who taught:
in Jersey anything's legal as long as you don't get caught"”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

“As you can see, there are quite a number of things taught in school that one has to unlearn or at least correct.”

Ambeth R. Ocampo book Rizal Without the Overcoat

“It's an absurd error to put modern English literature in the curriculum. You should read contemporary literature for pleasure or not at all. You shouldn't be taught to monkey with it.”

Rebecca West (1892–1983) British feminist and author

“All the geography, trigonometry, and arithmetic in the world are useless unless you learn to think for yourself. No school teaches you that. It's not on the curriculum.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book Marina

“Life has taught me that to fly, you must first accept the possibility of falling.”

Richard Paul Evans (1962) American writer

“Those upon the teaching ray will learn to teach by teaching. There is no surer method, provided it is accompanied by a deep love, personal yet at the same time impersonal, for those who are to be taught. Above everything else, I would enjoin upon you the inculcation of the group spirit, for that is the first expression of true love.”

Alice A. Bailey (1880–1949) esoteric, theosophist, writer