The student is to read history actively and not passively; to esteem his own life the text, and books the commentary. Thus… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Women can say anything they want to men, or blacks to whites, with impunity. But strong words in the other direction can… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If you get to a certain age, all people want to know about you is people you knew. ...An American student once… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
In the past few years I've assigned books to be read before a student attends one of my weeklong seminars. I have… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
This exhibition brings the students' conversations about photography into the Museum space, ... The images in Reclaiming Beautiful present the teenagers' new… — Francisco de Quevedo Copy Share Image
The reason you study with a teacher is primarily for the empowerments, for someone who is enlightened to transfer power to you.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Transmission does not have to take place physically. The student doesn't have to be sitting across from you. But it's easier if… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Progressives are concerned about reports of Muslim students feeling 'marginalized' and discriminated against after the shooting massacre by an Islamic terrorist in… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Something I always tell students is, when you're writing something, you want to write the first draft and you want it to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Most of the things that I remember from childhood wouldn't make a particularly good story: rescuing worms during rainstorms, our schnauzer attacking… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
Act your age. Students do not look upon you as a buddy, pal, or peer. They expect you to be a mature… — Jim Brown 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
It is the dissenter, the theorist, the aspirant, who is quitting this ancient domain to embark on seas of adventure, who engages… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There is a vast difference - a constitutional difference-between restrictions imposed by the state which prohibit the intellectual commingling of students, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It just never occurred to me that a school’s policy and student culture could make a big difference in the way I… — Jaclyn Friedman Copy Share Image
I think students should know something about religion as a historical phenomenon, in the same way that they should know something about… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
It's exciting having a student who is not used to expressing their emotional side and bringing that out in them and see… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
There's an academic tradition called the 'Last Lecture.' Hypothetically, if you knew you were going to die and you had one last… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
I wasn’t a good student, and even now I never say that I am better than anybody, but I know I love… — Marcelo Garcia 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
Our most consequential human problems will be resolved, not through competition, but collaboration... what we need in education is a learning climate… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
The conflation of the simple in style with the morally prescriptive in character, and the complex in style with the amoral or… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I've met students across Rhode Island who rely on Pell Grants. They work hard, play by rules, and are doing everything they… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Beware of the manipulativeness of rich students who were neglected by their parents. They love to turn the campus into hysterical psychodramas… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
What do teachers and curriculum directors mean by 'value' reading? A look at the practice of most schools suggests that when a… — Kelly Gallagher Copy Share Image
And, in the case of schools, or anything else, if you have something that is forcing you to do better than you… — Craig Benson Copy Share Image
I recently spoke at a university where a student told me it was such a shame that Nigerian men were physical abusers… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Nancy [Kassebaum] and I worked on a women's health agenda when I first came. Women were not included in the protocols at… — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
If we would spend on education half the amount of money that we currently lavish on sports and entertainment, we could provide… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always felt that maybe one of the reasons that I did well as a student and made such good grades was… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
The truly great books are always novels: 'Anna Karenina,' 'The Brothers Karamazov,' 'The Magic Mountain.' Just as with 'Shahnameh,' I browse these… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I'd rather speak as a student of philosophy. Philosophically it makes no sense, absolutely makes no sense. Why should people inherit evil… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I got so tired of hearing those proverbs when I was a child. Now I use them all the time. Sometimes they… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
Anyone can use these sites - companies and colleges, teachers and students, young and old all make use of networking sites to… — Mike Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
We need to understand where are students are at any point during a unit - in other words, what each student actually… — Carol Ann Tomlinson Copy Share Image
My rule in making up examination questions is to ask questions which I can't myself answer. It astounds me to see how… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
I had a certificate that said, 'Doctor of Mixology, Harvard University,' that I actually got from Harvard University. A friend of mine… — Ronda Rousey Copy Share Image
Men of Oregon, I invite you to become students of your events. Running, one might say, is basically an absurd past-time upon… — Bill Bowerman Copy Share Image
When I'm 18 years old, I'm at a friend's house. And his uncle looks me in me eye - you know, by… — Paula White Copy Share Image
In this day and age, social media is a huge part of a business, which I actually love. It's a phenomenal platform… — Kathryn Budig Copy Share Image