I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. My mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
During my time at Watchung Hills Regional High School, I was fortunate to have a number of teachers who inspired me and… — Adam Riess Copy Share Image
The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
“I thought about being a teacher for three thousand years. It wouldn’t have made my Top Ten Things to Wish For list.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
If you want to learn the craft of war, ponder over this book. The teacher is as a needle, the disciple is… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
I think my drama club teacher really didn't like me, because I would be the goof-off. I wouldn't get the part, so… — Megan Stalter Copy Share Image
Gingrich - Primary mission, Advocate of civilization, Definer of civilization, Teacher of the rules of civilization, Leader of the civilizing forces. — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Teaching is just something that has come naturally to me. I didn't set out to be a teacher. I wanted to be… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
In eighth grade, when I was just the school weirdo, my drama teacher put me in a play, and we came up… — Thomas Middleditch Copy Share Image
Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
I mean, Britain is a country of successful Muslim businesspeople, teachers and educators, journalists. So, we have to say very strongly that… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed -… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
We feasted on love; every mode of it, solemn and merry, romantic and realistic, sometimes as dramatic as a thunderstorm, sometimes comfortable… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Does sex education encourage sex? Many parents are afraid that talking about sex with their teenagers will be taken as permission for… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
About 13-14 years ago, I went back to my alma mater, Fairfax High School, and ran into the music teacher. She invited… — Flea Copy Share Image
My teacher Jim Rohn taught me a simple principle: every day, stand guard at the door of your mind, and you alone… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
My mother was a very talented pianist, and she was a music teacher who hated to teach music, actually, but she loved… — Peter C. Doherty Copy Share Image
I learned to fly planes at fifteen years old because one of my teachers thought I'd be a better pilot than rapper. — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
Becoming a performer, comedian - anything other than a teacher, really - seemed very far-fetched. So I kind of split off into… — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
I want to do a character in a one-woman show who's a yoga teacher from the Bronx. I could do the best… — Cara Buono Copy Share Image
Constant muscular activity was natural for the child, and, therefore, the immense effort of the drillmaster teachers to make children sit still… — G. Stanley Hall Copy Share Image
I was getting rewarded for writing well, from about the age of five or six. A teacher would say, "Look what Andrew… — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children… — Hannah Whitall Smith Copy Share Image
My mom was a piano teacher and I grew up taking voice lessons since I was 9. I started off writing melodies… — Sophie Thatcher Copy Share Image
The teacher instructed the students to put away everything because they will have a quiz.The boy kicked the girl beside him out… — Migzylou Copy Share Image
Clearly the work of a master teacher who has deep knowledge of his subject and enormous empathy for his students and his… — Betty Edwards Copy Share Image
A music teacher. It was in the inner city at a school called Horace Mann. I think I was most effective when… — Craig Robinson Copy Share Image
As a teacher I approach my students purely with the human desire to free them from all scholarly inhibitions, and I tell… — Hans Hofmann Copy Share Image
But remain the teacher of the young teachers. Advise and direct us, and we will be ready to learn. I will have… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Some people like a harsh teacher. They feel the demands make them learn more quickly. Some like a gentle teacher because they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I mean to retire, where nobody will have heard about my special skills. And conversation is mainly about the weather. — Eilean Ni Chuilleanain Copy Share Image
A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
When you dont know the very exact next step, ask for the teacher to show up. And open up to what could… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Certain teachers have tremendous amounts of experience. They are articulate, and they give wonderful discourse. But at some point along the road,… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Teacher: "If your daughter knew her spelling words as well as her Bible stories she'd get into Harvard." Me: "I'll settle for… — Mark Hart Copy Share Image
If I hadn't had the music teacher I had in high school and she hadn't really pushed me and taken that extra… — Sara Evans Copy Share Image
What is it in you that brings you to a spiritual teacher in the first place? It's not the spirit in you,… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
I was about nine years old when a teacher administered my IQ test. Unfortunately, as I was nine, I didn't know that… — Walter O'Brien Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be a writer. Where I came from, no one was a writer. I came from Long Island,… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
I never liked the Hierarchy of the Church-an equality in the teacher of Religion, and a dependence on the people, are republican… — Rufus King Copy Share Image
