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To be thoroughly conversant with a man's heart, is to take our final lesson in the iron-clasped volume of despair.

Edgar Allan Poe

I hope this has taught you kids a lesson: kids never learn.

Matt Groening

When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.

Matt Groening

If that was an issue, I hope we learned our lesson with St. John's. Every night out in this league you have to come to play.

Robert Mccullum

We weren't ready for the first 20 minutes, and when that happens in this league you're going to get beat. It's a tough break, but it's a lesson for us.

Peter Budaj

The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth.

Goldie Hawn

It's a valuable lesson. It's what you'd want your own kids to do.

Leah Skidmore

We purchased one lesson. And that's all he needed.

Rebecca Fuller

Every time I've tried to help a woman, I've been incarcerated. I've learned my lesson. I'm not doing it again.

Jose Canseco

They apologized. They said they learned a lesson and they said they will go over the rules to change things.

Berthena Dorinvil

There was a good lesson learned and we ended up winning the game.

Alex Acosta

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

Thomas W. Higginson

Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.

William Penn

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

Thomas Sowell

These were good friends - knew each other since they were 9. Never fought. It should be a lesson to other youths.

Alfonza Whitaker

Lesson for me: no leave things in the car, trust nobody.

Darren Benitez

One lesson we learned from Katrina is that you don't wait 'til the levee breaks to take action.

Dan Mclagan

He feels awful about what happened. The great lesson is, always assume your mike is open, even when you're not on camera.

Ray Carter

I feel stupid. I was stupid. It was an expensive lesson but I learned my lesson.

Lila Johnson

The lesson from the 1960s ... is not to get too excited when the Fed is finished this time around, but to wait until leading indicators begin to reaccelerate before assuming an aggressive position in equities again.

Francois Trahan

It's a tough lesson and a tough business. It's better that they learn that now.

Penny Reynolds

The lesson learned here is to find more out about the charities you contribute to.

Bennett Weiner

I kind of went out there and I shagged balls after he gave a lesson, then I'd go to him and he'd give me a lesson and then I got to shag them again, ... That was a lot of work.

Jason Gore

I'm like an object lesson. I'm a poster child for maybe where they should go. I'm holding out my hand.

Gerald Levin

They are realistic. Things like that happen, but they don't like to go anywhere and be given a swimming lesson.

Frank Busch

I learned my lesson. I probably got one of the fastest tickets in Virginia. I was doing 161 in a 55.

Justin Williams

I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since.

Marilyn Monroe

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Vernon Sanders Law

We know that football isn't always life. We've learned that lesson.

Mike Degory

These kids have to learn a lesson. They need to find something better to do with their time.

Judy Eyer

Our big lesson from Iraq was that we got there too late. A lot of things had already happened.

James Mitchell

I don't think we were taught a lesson in New Zealand, it was more a case of our experience confirming what a lot of people knew already.

Josh Lewsey

You have to make sure that your fiscally responsible and that you follow along with the guidelines that are put in place. This is what the auditor general has said in numerous reports, and I just hope your learning your lesson here.

Robert Ghiz

OC played harder than us, battled harder than us in the batters box and we are just going to have to pick it up, learn a lesson from it and avoid getting ourselves in that kind of situation again.

Louise Johnson

He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's not going to teach anyone a lesson.

Nicole Maher

A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse.

Johann Georg Zimmermann

If we can learn a lesson from anyone, it's the Astros. They were down and then they came back.

Seth Payne

Our kids learned a good lesson about the game of basketball tonight. Basketball is all about momentum. We had it for most of the first half and then we let it go and West took it from us. We let them get back into the game.

Mark Ritter

The biggest single lesson was an early one, and that was that what appeared to be a lifeless landscape was anything but.

Peter Frenzen

To teach him a lesson.

James Sanders

Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early.

Gunther Grass

It was just a bad game. We just have to learn. Put this one behind us and just keep going. It's not the end of the world, but it's definitely something we've gotta take a lesson from.

Toni Lydman

Some of them, it was their last night on Earth. That's a hard way to learn a lesson.

Terry Ebbert

Is not your typical horror or slasher movie. It's meant to be a thriller with an edge and a lesson to it.

Jared Padalecki

What's the lesson of 9/11? What's the lesson of Katrina? It's encouraging people to be ready, to make a plan.

Jay Fisette

We're going to use this, ... It's a lesson learned. It's on tape. It doesn't count for anything, but it's there. We didn't play well enough anywhere. I'm not discouraged.

Marvin Lewis

Hopefully, we learned a lesson after Katrina. How much of this is a supply situation and how much of this is a people situation?

Jim Tudor

Survival today means innovating and doing things that no one else does. This is a lesson not only for Sharp but for all of Japan.

Katsuhiko Machida

The greatest lesson those kids learned today was the importance of free speech.

Morgan Spurlock

It amazed me at the first lesson. I was able to do it and Marty is very gifted.

Chip Brown

It was like an audition, ... And at the end of the lesson, he asked me how I would feel if I competed and didn't win.

Michelle Lombardo

It is a lesson never learned: Matters of state and the heart that start with a lie rarely end well.

Maureen Dowd

Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.

Roger Craig

The biggest lesson for us was, keep your anchor down there for the storm and big stories.

John Reiss

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.

Henry Miller

What kind of life lesson are you teaching your kids? If you can get away with something, get away with it?

Patty Connolly

There is a lot they can do here. They can see a lesson or can stop in and sit down in a room for a while.

Carrie Knoch

One good lesson is not to be afraid of failure because failure was kind of obvious in my life.

Debbie Fields

The only lesson to extract from any civil war is that it's pointless and futile and ugly, and that there is nothing glamorous or heroic about it. There are heroes, but the causes are never heroic.

Anthony Minghella

I learned a big lesson going two and out last year. I learned what not to do. This year I focused and I just put that into my wrestling.

Shane Webster

After September the 11th, 2001, we've taught the terrorists a ... lesson.

A. Bush

We've got the best example going right now with the Astros. If there's anybody we can learn a lesson from right now, it's the Astros.

Seth Payne

They taught us a very important varsity bowling lesson that day. They wiped the floor with us.

Al Moss

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on [them].

J. William Fulbright

I think we learned a very good lesson. When an issue like this comes up, this council won't be jumping in without researching thoroughly and being informed.

Jacci Jahnke

Sometimes you really need to lose to learn a lesson.

Mike Cavic

Looking back on it now and at the time as well, it was a very stupid thing to do and I've learnt my lesson, simple as that really.

Prince Harry

I knew I was in the wrong. I should have come to the bench and not said anything. I learned my lesson.

Justin Bocot

Life is a long lesson in humility.

James M. Barrie

It is as if (the Syrian protests) were a lesson to some in Lebanon to do the same.

Prime Minister Fuad Saniora

It hasn't been handled very well. I would have thought the administration would have learned a lesson from the China National Offshore Oil Corp. of last year.

Jeffrey Schott

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war . . .

Aristophanes

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

Dan Rather

The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man.

Huey Newton

This taught me a lesson, but I'm not quite sure what it is.

John Mcenroe

I'm happy the queen will be here when the government may fall. It's a great civics lesson.

John Aimers

I think the lesson learned for the adults was to be better at communicating. Make sure your intentions are known.

James Morse

Hopefully we learned a lesson tonight. In our conference, we can't afford to take anybody for granted.

Fred Watson

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

David Suzuki

Am I happy we got the two points? You bet. Am I happy with how we got them? Not really, but it's a lesson learned.

Matt Hendricks

There was a valuable lesson to be learned there, for all the runners on all the teams. Both teams did so well and battled all day long.

Jody Grove

The lesson is we need stable funding, so we won't have a crisis every five years.

Martin Robins

Maybe it was a sign of my own immaturity. I'm becoming 21. ... Something like that I will never do again. It was a very stupid thing to do, and I've learned my lesson.

Prince Harry

Two penalty kick goals and two offside goals . . . are you kidding me? But (the Bruins) did what they had to do. We had the game totally in control and we let it go. So, that is a lesson we have to learn.

Bruce Brown

It was a heck of a performance to turn this around. The lesson was that nothing's changed.

Michael Castle

Kids love it. They get learning experiences out of it. They learn what having a job is. What responsibility is. How that math lesson you hate to do will come in handy.

Anne Hendricks

Generally speaking, we came through fairly well. There's a lesson here: to acknowledge the power of a tropical cyclone.

Tony Carper

The credibility of the Election Commission has been seriously undermined. If there is one important lesson of the elections, it is: The Election Commission must be thoroughly overhauled.

Farhatullah Babar

Bromidic though it may sound, some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.

Katharine Graham

If he had been a nicer guy, there might be more people here. Surely, he must have given a bad lesson to somebody.

Bill Harmon

It was also a great lesson in teamwork and how much the production of something affects the next job in line.

Angi Brunney

During my first lesson, something just clicked. It all just clicked.

Paul Lee

We were happy in the locker room, but I was disappointed that we let our lead go away so easy. This has got to be a lesson for us.

Yolanda Griffith

The first and finest lesson that parents can teach their children is faith and courage.

Dr. Smiley Blanton

I wouldn't quit taking it again. I learned my lesson.

Carl Haupt

He got ranked in state and honestly, he could have been top four. He was doing so well. But it's a good lesson to learn young. He's just a sophomore.

Greg Varela

We learned a bitter lesson.

Mabel Smith

We give them so much info, but we don't lead them by their hand through all of the dark alleys. Teaching a child to become a problem solver is a great lesson for life.

Tony Gannon

The climb represents a mission of hope and a true lesson in overcoming adversity.

Anna Tibaijuka

I think the state has learned its lesson that you can't put all your eggs in one basket.

Brian Youngberg

You tried your best and failed miserably. The lesson is: never try.

Homer Simpson

He taught me a lesson, ... Never slow down.

Frank Middleton

We've learned more about the book this way than we would by just reading it. We can better understand the book and each character by actually becoming the characters. It's made the lesson a lot more fun.

Angel Anderson

It is a lesson in patience, perseverance and faith for everyone involved. I think we realize just how much we're not in control.

Debbie Orlandini

We got a lot of good innings and experience in today. Every time they take the field, they are going to learn a new lesson. The good thing about this group of guys is that they take those experiences and really learn from them.

Rusty Robinett

When it comes to credit, one lesson people have never learned worldwide is simply because somebody extends credit to you has nothing to do with your ability to afford it.

Steve Rhode

We learned a lesson (against TC). And the seniors have a debt to pay Friday.

Jim Harte

I was pretty nervous the day of my first lesson. But as soon as we took off, the fear and anxiety melted away.

Harry Mattox

If we could have boxed out, we could have gotten back, gotten a lay-up and the game would've been different. But it's all right. It's a lesson.

Kalin Lucas

The lesson for me is that you have to pay attention, get yourself ready for anything because you really don't know what is going to happen.

Mark Adams

At first, we had to go over a lot of basics. These girls were like giant sponges. They soaked up every lesson they learned.

Jody Moore

It's been a hard lesson learned. We are now especially emphasizing the importance of not sharing passwords.

Jerry Heinl

It fit in well with our social studies lesson.

Wendy Smith

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Sir Winston Churchill

It's a lesson in expectation management.

Colin Morton

I'm not going to say it was a fluke, but they had a lot to play for, and we came out flat. We learned our lesson from that.

Mike Sellers

I chose the middle name Faith for her because this whole experience has been a lesson in faith for me.

Wendy White

I knew we were going to win something. We were either going to win a hell of a big lesson or win a big trophy.

John Kennaday

The best lesson we can teach our children is to have fun. It's infectious, it's contagious.

Vince Poscente

We will teach those people a lesson in their lives, which they will never forget.

Hazem Sha'alan

I'm getting a lesson in post-Charley getting construction done.

Jay Rohr

We had a strong first half, and then we come out in the second half like the game was won. It was a hard lesson, but we came out with the win.

Weylan Harding

I think that served as a lesson to them. Every thing ending up alright.

Randy Sherman

It taught me a lesson, ... You can be denounced from the heavens, and it only makes people interested.

Tom Wolfe

He said you know, if we hadn't been telling the truth, you wouldn't have a case. The hard lesson for Lori, if she had been as honest as her mom and dad, we wouldn't be here.

Mark Barnett

The lesson of the Roberts hearings is that if you put up a really smart conservative, at least some Democrats will vote yes.

Paul Rosenzweig

That's the lesson in football and in life and everything you do. You can't give up.

John Stocco

It's a good experience for us. We were taught a lesson out there tonight.

Lorenzo Serra Ferrer

The important lesson is that this is a homegrown company. If we get them growing here, the roots grow deep, and it becomes difficult for that kind of business to be successfully recruited to another area.

Bob Trezise

The Corps had never before undertaken MSW in an emergency mission. Everything we did in that first month was a lesson learned.

Jonathan Foster

History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do not last long.

Christopher Bond

I think this loss definitely taught us a lesson. It definitely opened up our eyes.

Alexis Hornbuckle

I thought it was a good little lesson in how government works. Guess not.

Dan Brady

In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.

Bill Wilson

We have learned our lesson from Salt Lake City.

Viktor Khotochkin

A key lesson of the [inspector general's] experience is that oversight works best when it is up-front, highly visible and forward looking.

Stuart Bowen

I think it's a great win for the community and lesson for all of us to stay engaged.

Prabha Sankaranarayan

He's the absolutely best friend to everybody. It's a beautiful story, and each episode is a great lesson in itself.

Don Shifrin

Honor your divorce and your new life the same way you honored your marriage.... And if you didn't honor your marriage, learn your lesson and honor your divorce.

April Masini

The lesson to learn is get the technology into the hands of a lot of people and let them find the value.

Bill Murphy

Don't ever give up. You just hope they take that lesson into life.

Dick Katte

The Stanley Cup finals, that was a good lesson for me.

Rob Niedermayer

The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.

Jimmy Doolittle

The lesson of Tiananmen is you can to do things to keep order in your own country and the Americans will punish you for it.

David Zweig

Certainly, we will have to learn the lesson of what has happened in the last few days.

Martin Bartenstein

Probably Chevron taught the Chinese a lesson, ... And they will feel that they need to be more involved in the future.

James Moran

We can find all sorts of differences between Japan then and Europe now. But it's a lesson to us all to be on the safe side of an unknown before one acts.

Gernot Nerb

The lesson to learn is to pay attention for 90 minutes because in front of you are great champions.

Claudio Ranieri

The greatest lesson I learned was to love thy neighbor, ... Too often we're fine loving our neighbor, but just not in my neighborhood.

Joseph Gentile

I know Christa would love to see that the lesson that she was going to teach has gone on and on to impact probably way more students then she ever dreamed they would.

Mary Patterson

I'm not sitting behind a desk in a position of authority, I'm right down on the floor giving a lesson.

Eric Royston

The dinosaur's eloquent lesson is that if some bigness is good, an overabundance of bigness is not necessarily better.

Eric Johnston

The only lesson I really wanted to get across.

Eoin Colfer

The judges learned the lesson about self-representation too late. They bent over backwards for him.

Edgar Chen

I learned my lesson from last year, ... (Denver's record is now) zero and zero.

Earl Boykins

I am not going to comment on that. What I will say is if you mess up it is a lesson if you learn from it. I am hoping everybody learns from this. What I told P-man was, 'You are in the spotlight, learn from it.' But I have to learn from it, too, I had two penalties.

Zach Piller

I have learned my lesson. If this was God's way of telling me that he wants me to go bald, I get the message.

Zach Lund