Mrs. James, my fifth-grade teacher, introduced us to some of the great literature of African American culture. I won my first blue… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I remember my daughter coming back from school one day and saying that the teacher had asked anybody whose parents were divorced… — Amber Rudd Copy Share Image
“When you are ready, guidance will come. Rely on the people who are in your life now; face your dark energies as… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I would take school instruction out of the hands of the old order of decrepit, stammering, journeymen-teachers as well as from the… — Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Copy Share Image
Kids who are middle class, socioeconomically, are surrounded by mentors. They have coaches, teachers, they have family friends, their parents have friends.… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
I had some good teachers. One of the greatest teachers I've had is bluegrass music: going back and listening to Bill Monroe's… — Ricky Skaggs Copy Share Image
In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
A new thing I've been doing is just making sure I clear off my desk and try to only touch a piece… — Adina Porter Copy Share Image
Parental trust is extremely important in the guidance of adolescent children as they get further and further away from the direct supervision… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
I had this health teacher who kept me after class one time, saying, ‘You’re missing a lot of class.’ I was like,… — Dane DeHaan Copy Share Image
When you care about perfection, you care about an expectation. But there is also caring for where I am right now, for… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
I've never considered being a cop. I could be a teacher, I could be a minister, a social worker or a professor.… — Ruben Santiago-Hudson Copy Share Image
“We teachers are all boxers. We get hit a lot. I've been knocked down so many times I'm often woozy. But I've… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
I really see no harm which can come of giving our children a little knowledge of physiology. ... The instruction must be… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I think day care is terrific. Kids get to be around other kids, and they're playing, and they're teaching each other. When… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Hiddink really taught me a lot. We talked every day at Anzhi and I saw how he dealt with difficult situations, how… — Roberto Carlos Copy Share Image
My parents made it clear that I should never display even the slightest disrespect to individuals who had the power to let… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
As they work hard for our children, America's teachers often reach into their own pockets to make sure they have the best… — John Warner Copy Share Image
But in school I remember hearing that for the second Quarter Quell, the Capitol demanded that twice the number of tributes be… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“the classroom environment can be a setup for serious stress-related health problems. In a sense, both teachers and their students are “captives”—they… — Patricia A. Jennings Copy Share Image
I think some people watch 'Raging Bull,' or they watch 'The Piano Teacher,' and I think they're more, maybe, able to process… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
The reason anything happened for me at all was because my parents, on advice from a primary school teacher, sent me to… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my… — Monte Irvin Copy Share Image
I did a practical theatre degree, which I took seriously, and then told my parents I wanted to go into acting -… — Shelley Conn Copy Share Image
Teachers're always using that "in your own words." I hate that. Authors knit their sentences tight. It's their job. Why make us… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“The teacher pulled out a pile of papers. They were Bennie’s tests and homework assignments. Mrs. Lewis said, “Ma’am, here is the… — Harold Phifer Copy Share Image
For the young, the practice of equitation is a valuable lesson, as it requires the exercise of all human virtue. If they… — Nuno Oliveira Copy Share Image
An eternal question about children is, how should we educate them? Politicians and educators consider more school days in a year, more… — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
Administrators tend to lump Asians in Chicago into one group, not understanding that these kids would be fighting each other, the Cambodians… — Malik Yusef Copy Share Image
Trump gives progressives a way to channel whatever guilt they might have - whether from preventing homebuilding, benefitting from unfair taxes and… — Michael Shellenberger Copy Share Image
Treat all men alike… give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. You might… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
My dad and some teachers were constantly pushing me to do better than I was doing because they all knew that I… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
By Cunning & Craft is a masterpiece of writing about writing. If, like Scheherazade, you had to spin out a story under… — Nora Gallagher Copy Share Image
If it's real enlightenment...you're dealing with someone who's broken through every rule, every barrier, every do and do not, and they've reached… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White.… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
The difference between an interesting and a tedious teacher consists in little more than the inventiveness by which the one is able… — William James Copy Share Image
Men, your primary responsibility in your home, after your wife, is you to disciple your own children. And if you don't do… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
'Expect nothing and hope for the best' is my mantra. A drama teacher called Joseph Blatchley told me that, and it's the… — Michelle Dockery Copy Share Image
In a world that is changing as rapidly as this one, we need to think differently about leadership. Leading is not done… — Susan Collins Copy Share Image
My father was my trainer, my teacher. He was closer to my sister in the sense that she adored him and he… — Felicity Kendal Copy Share Image
