From that moment, I did not cease to pray to God that by his grace it might one day be permitted to me to learn Greek.
I will say that a lot of art, some of the best art, has very powerful and meaningful messages behind it, and the more you read the stuff on the walls, the more you learn the artist's intention, and you have a totally new point of view of what it's about.
The brank, or scold's bridle, was unknown in America in its English shape: though from colonial records we learn that scolding women were far too plentiful, and were gagged for that annoying and irritating habit.
I started with the guitar around 12 years old but didn't learn the banjo until I was about 18 or 19.
It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.
Welsh is my mother tongue, and my children speak it. If you come and live in this community you'll work out pretty quickly that it's beneficial to learn the language, because if you're going to the pub or a cafe you need to be a part of the local life.
I grew up with a strong Spanish influence. I tried to learn flamenco when I was younger. But it's like my teacher said: 'It takes a lifetime to learn flamenco.'
People with HIV and AIDS are nothing to be afraid of. They are people just like every single one of us, and each has a story to tell. These people should be helped, embraced, and not dismissed. We need to open our hearts and our minds to them, and we just may learn we're pretty much all the same.
You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.
It's important to me to work in my own language now and then. I love English, but you can never learn to master a foreign language if you're not brought up with it.
I'd been thinking I'd have to learn how to play really well, but obviously the message of punk was that you just learn three chords in a week and you're away.
I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about - police and criminals, the criminal justice system.
If I have learned anything, it is to keep my wife happy by sending her lavish gifts. Other men can learn from my success and send their wives and girlfriends fresh flowers for birthdays, anniversaries, and of course, Valentine's Day.
When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on.
I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.
There's a lot of things I want to do. I want to learn Italian. I want to learn to play tennis better. I want to motivate the world, basically.
By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.
All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.
My mom and dad decided to homeschool us - I'm one of eight - because they really wanted us to be outside and learn some other fundamentals instead of it being school all day in a classroom.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
The more painful it is, tragically, the more you do learn, though, that's the good part.
I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.
We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to learn what was the real state of things in Mexico.
Kids don't learn the fundamentals of baseball at the games anymore.
There's nothing wrong with failing if you learn from it, and I've failed out here plenty.
You learn more from the flops than from the hits.
From the first time someone says, Who do you think you are? we learn how to repress.
I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.
I grew up in Colorado - went back there, tried to heal myself and grow and learn, then got a call that David Lynch wanted me to fly back to Seattle so he could meet me for Twin Peaks.
We're just beginning to learn the importance of music in our society.
Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.
Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation.
I wish I'd known early what I had to learn late.
I think every day you try to soak up as much as you can to learn and understand things better.
Every three months, I'll say, 'Honey, I think I should learn how to cook'.
