A music teacher. It was in the inner city at a school called Horace Mann. I think I was most effective when… — Craig Robinson Copy Share Image
I mean to retire, where nobody will have heard about my special skills. And conversation is mainly about the weather. — Eilean Ni Chuilleanain Copy Share Image
Some people like a harsh teacher. They feel the demands make them learn more quickly. Some like a gentle teacher because they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
But remain the teacher of the young teachers. Advise and direct us, and we will be ready to learn. I will have… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Certain teachers have tremendous amounts of experience. They are articulate, and they give wonderful discourse. But at some point along the road,… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
I was about nine years old when a teacher administered my IQ test. Unfortunately, as I was nine, I didn't know that… — Walter O'Brien Copy Share Image
What is it in you that brings you to a spiritual teacher in the first place? It's not the spirit in you,… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
If I hadn't had the music teacher I had in high school and she hadn't really pushed me and taken that extra… — Sara Evans Copy Share Image
By the time I got to school, I had already read a couple hundred books. I knew in the first grade that… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
Most people think that an enlightened Buddhist Teacher is a fireman; His job is to put the fire out so that you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
Early in my school career, I turned out to be an incorrigible disciplinary problem. I could understand what the teacher was saying… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
But to paraphrase Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind, ignorance and mediocrity are forever busy, and the forces of mediocrity aren't content… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
Mothers seem to be in subtle competition with teachers. There is always an underlying fear that teachers will do a better job… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Teachers complain a lot about how tough their job is. But, you know, the day begins in most schools at nine o'clock,… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
If there is inequality in nature, still there must be equal chance for all - or if greater for some and for… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Teacher: "If your daughter knew her spelling words as well as her Bible stories she'd get into Harvard." Me: "I'll settle for… — Mark Hart Copy Share Image
A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
When you dont know the very exact next step, ask for the teacher to show up. And open up to what could… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
But it had no doubt sprung from true emotion, for all that parents ever wanted, really, was for you to love their… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I never liked the Hierarchy of the Church-an equality in the teacher of Religion, and a dependence on the people, are republican… — Rufus King Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be a writer. Where I came from, no one was a writer. I came from Long Island,… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
My mom's an art teacher, so I always had music in the house. She always had records, and I was mesmerized by… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
“The way I saw it, if my students were willing to pretend I was a teacher, the least I could do was… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I was a drama teacher, so I had the opportunity to show off in front of a captive audience. I essentially did… — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
“Books and workshops and gurus are great, but the very best teacher for your mind is, and will always be, your heart.” — Scott Stabile Copy Share Image
I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
We are all in the business of sales. Teachers sell students on learning, parents sell their children on making good grades and… — Dave Ramsey Copy Share Image
There can be infinite uses of the computer and of new age technology, but if teachers themselves are not able to bring… — Nancy Kassebaum Copy Share Image
Good teachers deserve apples; great teachers deserve chocolate. A favorite quotation, written in calligraphy on his office door. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
One of my teachers says the sound you hear in the center of the universe is laughter. I don't know if it's… — Joyce DeWitt Copy Share Image
The time was when a library was very like a museum and the librarian a mouser among dusty books. The time is… — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
The liberator who destroys my property is fighting to save my spirit. The teacher who clears all possessions from my path will… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Our educational results lag behind other states, and other nations, but worse still, behind the potential of the kids and the devoted… — Mitch Daniels Copy Share Image
Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
But to capture the heart of one of your teachers, and take her away from you forever. So at this time I… — Kenny Powers Copy Share Image
“Teachers were powerful enough to kill the indigenous languages: they are not powerful enough to bring them back to life.” — Andrew Dalby Copy Share Image
The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly. — David Ausubel Copy Share Image
