Thus having been undeservedly accepted at the Conservatory as a professor, I soon became one of its best and possibly its very… — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Copy Share Image
Books of natural history aim commonly to be hasty schedules, or inventories of God's property, by some clerk. They do not in… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as part of… — William James Copy Share Image
Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the crème de… — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
If we are any good we must always be working towards the moment at which our Pupils are fit to become our… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Philosophers have very justly remarked that the only solid instruction is that which the pupil brings from his own depths; that the… — Joseph Marie, baron de Gerando Copy Share Image
The invention of writing will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Once you look past the hype, actors are nothing more than fugitives from reality who specialize in contradiction: we are both children… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A considerable breakdown in my health has scared me from the anxieties, responsibilities and excitement of my profession; whether temporarily or permanently… — Thomas Addison Copy Share Image
To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Of course there is matter for remark in poems. Nobody denies that. But it must be solemnly laid on everybody in this… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
I am too old to fawn upon a nurse, Too far in years to be a pupil now. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Many a bad habit is developed through overindulgence, and many a good one by chastisement; therefore, beat your son as well as… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
I think it likely that some of my pupils will reach unusual distinction. — Howard Pyle Copy Share Image
The printed word is no longer as in demand as when I was of the age of pupils or even at the… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
The instructor can scarcely give sensibility where it is essentially wanting, nor talent to the unpercipient block. But he can cultivate and… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
If you are not prepared to look at your pupils strength's, don't touch their weaknesses. — Reuven Feuerstein Copy Share Image
Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a… — Bill Bowerman Copy Share Image
Scientific societies are as yet in their infancy. It is to be expected that advances in physiology and psychology will give governments… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Pupils may learn many things when a teacher is not in fact teaching. — Paul Q. Hirst Copy Share Image
One is born to be a dancer. No teacher can work miracles, nor will years of training make a good dancer of… — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
Naturally, it is with some temerity that the pupil speaks before the master, because you know more about the Common Market than… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
