I am convinced that there is no simple formula or technique that I could give you or that you could give your… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Mathematics is the art of explanation. If you deny students the opportunity to engage in this activity-- to pose their own problems,… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share Image
At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach—it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
He said he "admired our courage" but didn't want to see us do anything to "damage our promising futures." He felt "proud… — Jordan Sonnenblick Copy Share Image
My definition of Blues is that it's a musical form which is very disciplined and structured coupled with a state of mind,… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
The content of the curriculum should never exclude the realities of the very students who must intellectually wrestle with it. When students… — Johnnetta B. Cole Copy Share Image
As a financial historian, I was quite isolated in Oxford - British historians are supposed to write about kings - so the… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
My number one goal was not getting 'A's' - and I proved it. I was a 'C' student. You have to be… — Brian Lamb Copy Share Image
The completion of a rigorous course in mathematics - it is not even necessary that the student does well in such a… — Keith Devlin Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more fatal to progress than a too confident reliance on mathematical symbols; for the student is only too apt… — Lord Kelvin Copy Share Image
Berzelius' symbols are horrifying. A young student in chemistry might as soon learn Hebrew as make himself acquainted with them... They appear… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
When one devotes oneself to meditation, mental burdens, unnecessary worries, and wandering thoughts drop off one by one; life seems to run… — Nyogen Senzaki Copy Share Image
The way universities operate is the decision about what students need for the degree are... is the decision made by the faculty. — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
When your teacher threatens to move you and you're sitting ther like Bitch, moving me won't solve anything, I talk to EVERYONE! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Indeed, the study of universities and the great men and women who have attended them leads me to think that the best… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
I've always had my ear peeled for interesting music. As a student, I regularly spent time hunting for interesting repertoire, looking through… — Anne Akiko Meyers Copy Share Image
This is what I tell my students: step outside of your tiny little world. Step inside of the tiny little world of… — Sam Richards Copy Share Image
I started out as a high school teacher in inner-city Chicago and realized quite quickly that my students weren't that motivated. — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
I am convinced that this is the only means of advancing science, of clearing the mind from a confused heap of contradictory… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
If you’re thinking about coming to Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program just STOP. Stop THINKING about it and just DO it.… — Tom Savini Copy Share Image
In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
NASA's been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve, and… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
“It's not the institution which makes its students famous but the students who achieve great heights make their institutions famous.” — Amit Abraham Copy Share Image
“I went to interview some of these early Jewish colonial zealots—written off in those days as mere 'fringe' elements—and found that they… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I feel like God has moved me into a different way of doing things. I teach basic on-camera acting class called Acting… — Patricia Mauceri Copy Share Image
The mantra is a very preliminary exercise for the student to begin to grasp a sense of focus. When they are used… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
"A humble and prayerful person will find a thousand things in the Bible, which the proud student will utterly fail to discern."… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My opening line to my students, and a recurring theme in my classes, was that the big design problem isn't designing a… — Richard Saul Wurman Copy Share Image
In outstanding classrooms, teachers do more listening than talking, and students do more talking than listening. Terrific teachers often have teeth marks… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
Oh God, are there so many of them in our land! Students who can’t be happy until they’ve graduated, servicemen who can’t… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Gifted students represent a vital resource that has unlimited potential. We need to make sure that these exceptional young people have the… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
You'll Never leave where you are until you decide where you'd rather be... — Dexter Yager Copy Share Image
I deal with two types of students. Those who have a very deep-seated knowledge of love, which are few, or those in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You can't lift people out of poverty simply by tweaking the tax system, or by raising the minimum wage by a few… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you… — Taylor Mali Copy Share Image
Success is in the student, not in the university; greatness is in the individual, not in the library; power is in the… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
The primary task of a useful teacher is to teach his students to recognize 'inconvenient' facts - I mean facts that are… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
The vocational approach at NOCCA (New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts) helps build grit in students. It teaches them how to… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
