Teacher Quotes · Page 51

When you get to 15 and most of your teachers are priests, there's bound to be a conflict.

— Ian Hart

My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing.

— Mother Jones

Good teachers cost a lot; but, poor teachers cost a lot more.

— Evan Esar

The enlightened being can look through states of mind, but they are also outside of them.

— Frederick Lenz

The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

— Rene Descartes

I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.

— Bobby Knight

My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me.

— Gus Van Sant

“Experience is a good teacher, but the tuition is very high.”

— Val Edward Simone

Many teachers think of children as immature adults. It might lead to better and more 'respectful' teaching, if we thought of adults…

— Keith Johnstone

“You need someone to probe you in that direction. It won't just happen automatically." I knew what he was saying. We all…

— Mitch Albom

“Never in my life have I had a teacher tell me to be quiet because I was talking to somebody in class!…

— Sharon M. Draper

I'm a goody-goody. I'm the person who sits in the back row, makes fun of the teacher, and secretly does the extra-credit…

— Patricia Marx

I learned some classical music history, which I had done quite a bit at of Performing Arts. But I got some more…

— Jon Gordon

Because I came from a small town outside Glasgow, nobody from my school had ever gone into the acting profession. It was…

— Phyllis Logan

“In a research-poor context,isolated experience replaces professional knowledge as the dominant influence on how teachers teach.”

— Mike Schmoker

Have you ever seen the stereotype of the angry yoga teacher? There are some people that are at an 11 and yoga…

— Jen Kirkman

I remember when the O.J. verdict was read; at my high school, all of the teachers were like, "We are stopping class…

— Jodi Sweetin

So that day, in music assembly, the teacher asked who knew the valley song. Your hand shot right up in the air.…

— Suzanne Collins

When a new writer defends his "style," the teacher smiles (or cringes) because real style isn't an artifice. Real style - voice…

— Bill Roorbach

People are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact. The teachers who are making the greatest difference go…

— Wendy Kopp

In many ways, constancy is an illusion. After all, our ancestors were immigrants, many of them moving on every few years; today…

— Mary Catherine Bateson

I stopped and gazed on the little dull man who was being paid to be a teacher of teachers. I turned and…

— Burl Ives

No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively. Regardless of what is happening around me I…

— Bill W

I started piano like my sisters. After one year or two, I didn't like it anymore. Then, because I like trumpet, I…

— Alexandre Desplat

Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.

— Anonymous

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.

— Lily Tomlin

That Awkward Moment when you make eye contact with a stranger,classmate,teacher,and a school.

— Anonymous

A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories.

— Anthony de Mello

We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them.

— James Carville

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

— Leonard Bernstein

That depressing moment when you realize the worksheet is double sided.

— Anonymous

“And it’s like that Zen saying: ‘When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”

— Mike Wells

Teacher: name four member of the cat family/ pupil:dady cat;momy cat;and two kittens :D

— Anonymous

“Looking for a teacher? Go get one. I'll wait. Go. I'll tell them what I did. Go get one. Go.”

— Kristopher Reisz

“We need people who push boundaries rather than retreat inside them.”

— Tim Fargo

Never regret your past. Accept it as the teacher that it is.

— Robin Sharma

I am a teacher. And I think I am a serious one who happens to be enjoying life.

— Leo Buscaglia

The best evangelists, the best preachers, the best teachers are desperate people.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Not only will your teachers appear, but they will cook new foods for you.

— Alice Walker

We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.

— Shirley Williams