Students Quotes · Page 136

I expressed skepticism, in the first chapter, about the utility of time machines in historical research. I especially advised against graduate students…

— John Lewis Gaddis

The vast majority of the students I have taught have become self-sufficient and confident individuals who enjoy their lives.

— Frederick Lenz

I've taught a college journalism course at two universities where my students taught me more than I did them about how political…

— Jill Abramson

We teach reading, writing and math by [having students do] them. But we teach democracy by lecture.

— Shelley Berman

Creativity, my students learn, is as natural a function of the mind as breathing or digestion are natural functions of the body.

— John Kao

I was a football player at college and dislocated my thumb. I was out for a bit and passed the theatre and…

— Clark Gregg

For years I taught in universities and high schools for classes of 30 or 35 students. Now I teach in very large…

— Wayne Dyer

Students are rewarded for memorization, not imagination or resourcefulness.

— Sugata Mitra

In your training, do not be in a hurry, for it takes a minimum of ten years to master the basics and…

— Morihei Ueshiba

What's the single most important thing to learn from an economics course today? What I tried to leave my students with is…

— Lawrence Summers

Do everything you can to learn your craft. Score student films for free, attend conferences, learn music theory - do anything and…

— John Keltonic

I never write in a linear way. And I tell students not to. You can only know so much about a book…

— Carol Anshaw

There's been an incredible censorship in America and throughout the world, but particularly in America where students aren't even allowed to critically…

— Ken Ham

I would warn any minority student today against the temptations of self-segregation: take support and comfort from your own group as you…

— Sonia Sotomayor

When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a…

— Lance Reddick

Dear math worksheet, Please don't have a back, please don't have...Awe shit, theres a back. Sincerely, fuck you I have better things…

— Anonymous

So when you enjoy the beats, the rock music - maybe even toned down with an orchestra - you are enjoying the…

— Warren Jeffs

For my students who are trying to learn the craft of writing in a writing class - contemporary literature is what's most…

— Alan Lightman

The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior.

— Marva Collins

I try to think of acting in terms of thinking and doing. People think of it as, "Oh, let's get inside this…

— Tobin Bell

When I was at the University of California at Berkeley, I went to some classes that must have had more than four…

— Stephan Pastis

For many students, school is an obligation, not a joy and a privilege. This means you need to ‘sell’ the learning to…

— Eric Jensen

What we did [shooting "Fences"] was we got young students from Carnegie Mellon, the acting and theater students, and we had them…

— Denzel Washington

Over-dramatically turning the page on a test so people know you're ahead of them.

— Anonymous

'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential.…

— Dianne Feinstein