My mother was an English teacher before she became a full-time mom, and a huge proponent of reading, so she made sure… — Matt Wagner Copy Share Image
Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth. — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
None of my English teachers in college were praising me or telling me I was anything special. But then in creative writing… — John Brandon Copy Share Image
I love to read. I'm still pen pals with my ninth-grade English teacher, Mr. Shanley. He tells me what books to read. — Rooney Mara Copy Share Image
“You can achieve the highest level of academic, financial, physical, emotional and spiritual success but you won’t achieve true harmony until you… — Tim J. Brooks Copy Share Image
My mother was an English teacher and she imbibed the habit of reading, and encouraged me to participate in debates and the… — Divya Khosla Kumar Copy Share Image
My grandmother was an English teacher for a while. And she stressed to me the importance of reading, being able to articulate… — Kevin Gates Copy Share Image
Basically [I become a Republican], pretty early. I had an English teacher that got me to subscribe to the National Review. — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
I was also a good writer, by the way. My, you know, my English teacher and writing teacher loved my writing. You… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
At 16, when I was at Henry M. Gunn High School, I had a crush on the English teacher, and my grades… — Caroline Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The expression Jake saw on all the faces, oldest to youngest, was the same: pure joy. Not just that, he thought, and… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
What it takes is to actually write: not to think about it, not to imagine it, not to talk about it, but… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
The first article carrying Vonnegut's byline, 'This Business of Whistle Purchasing,' a lighthearted criticism of a school fund-raiser, was submitted at the… — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
My favorite English teacher in high school showed me 'Brazil' when I was 15, and it blew my mind. It's one of… — Win Butler Copy Share Image
“Sam Pickett, English teacher and former basketball coach at Willow Creek High School, scrounged for sleep in his tangled bed. He was… — Stanley Gordon West Copy Share Image
I was a victim of a stereotype. There were only two of us Negro kids in the whole class, and our English… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
My mom was my English teacher in high school. So to be able to bend the rules and be the class clown… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
“On the Métro heading to school, Anna launched into a wicked impersonation of her enraged English teacher stamping her foot: “Shut zee… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
English Teacher were never going to finish this book if you constantly pick the illiterate people to read. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatrical agent in my dad's… — Charisma Carpenter Copy Share Image
“Where’s our teacher?” “Probably getting it on with the English teacher.” - Alex Gold and Mike Wilson” — R.J. Morse Copy Share Image
My chemstry teacher taught me how to mixed up chemical and English Teacher teaches me how to Read, Speak both r my… — Gabriel Smug Copy Share Image
I was an educated girl. I'd done very well in school. I had a good point average and graduated from USC as… — Marlo Thomas Copy Share Image
The worst letters come from retired high school English teachers. They will literally take a book and pick it to pieces and… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
When I was in prep school, an English teacher said to me, 'Hemingway, I expect more from you!' And I said, 'Why,… — Jack Hemingway Copy Share Image
I dropped out of high school when I was 16, after I had a huge argument with my English teacher over the… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
My dad's an English teacher and my mum's a midwife. Then my mum's side of the family are all crazy creative. — Josh O'Connor Copy Share Image
Librarians and romance writers accomplish one mission better than anyone, including English teachers: we create readers for life - and what could… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
If I wouldn't of spent so much time shooting spit wads at my English teacher I'd know how to punctuate good thing… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
They were like English teachers who took the fun out of a perfectly good book by breaking it down into themes and… — Tawni O'Dell Copy Share Image
I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn't like me… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
“Strive for political ideaology but do not hinder progress in the name of your ideology. That would simply be selfish.” — Tim J. Brooks Copy Share Image
I've been writing ever since I was a child: I used to give my English teacher extra homework and say, 'What do… — Carrie Hope Fletcher Copy Share Image
“Some people spend their whole life trying to be liked by others. Some people spend their whole life hoping to be liked… — Tim J. Brooks Copy Share Image
According to the latest poll in the Washington Post, 63 percent of Americans said that so far they approve of President Bush.… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
When I went to high school, I wanted to be a designer of airplanes. But flunking out of the science high school… — Avi Copy Share Image
I'm into books - I love literature, so I toyed with the idea of being an English teacher. I had a fantastic… — Taron Egerton Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an English teacher. I wanted to do it for the corduroy jackets with patches on the side. When… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
My English teacher has no face. She has uncombed stringy hair that droops on her shoulders. The hair is black from her… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
In terms of moments that pushed me toward becoming a writer... My parents, my wife, and my English teacher in the 8th… — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image