P. J. O'Rourke

Public schools helped create the idea of America and inculcate Americans with a few rudiments of knowledge. To judge by that very American item, the Internet, a few rudiments is all anyone cares to have.

American Comedian

Rick Nielsen

I started out as a drummer, and when I was 9, my drum teacher had an album out. He was the rudiment king! He signed it for me, 'Rudimentally yours, Frank Arsenault.' How cool is that?

American Musician

Hassan Rouhani

Anyone who understands the rudiments of politics doesn't say, 'We will stop Iran's oil exports'... we have been the guarantor of the regional waterway's security throughout history.

Iranian Leader

Damien Chazelle

There's something very particular about the kind of rage you feel when you're alone in a practice room by yourself, unable to master a simple thing like a rudiment.

American Director

Albrecht Durer

And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art.

German Artist

Monica Johnson

Christians are not in bondage to do things as the world does, and moreover, the traditions and rudiments of men are not necessary to honor God.

American Writer

Eric Hoffer

We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.

Travis Barker

Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books.

Bernard Marcus

When I understood the rudiments of what nanotech was all about, I knew I wanted to participate.

American Businessman

Robert South

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of Paradise.

English Clergyman

Think of 'rudiments' as the building blocks needed to understand a bigger subject.

Building Blocks

'Rudiments' often refers to what beginners learn when they start a new subject.

Early Learning

Use 'rudiments' when discussing the initial, most important parts of a skill or knowledge area.