There is a reason why Nelson Mandela went to Cuba to praise Castro and thank the Cuban people almost as soon as… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I suggest that this is a good time to think soberly about our responsibilities to our descendents - those who will ring… — Hyman Rickover Copy Share Image
We want our teachers to be trained so they can meet the obligations, their obligations as teachers. We want them to know… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I got a job as the Visuals Art's Teacher at my Alma Mata, St. Mary's College. Then my interests shifted to animation.… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
The Arts are fundamental resources through which the world is viewed, meaning is created, and the mind developed. To neglect the contribution… — Elliot W. Eisner Copy Share Image
That sound in tune to you? Sounds sharp to me. Sounds like I'm playing sharp all the time. My singing teacher told… — Charles Mingus Copy Share Image
True basketball coaches are great teachers and you do not humiliate, you do not physically go after, you do not push or… — Morgan Wootten Copy Share Image
In both cooperative learning and project work, the teacher encourages children to talk to one another. This helps them pay attention to… — Lilian Katz Copy Share Image
School is established, not in order that it should be convenient for the children to study, but that teachers should be able… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The child--a skilled actor with a hundred masks: a different one for his mother, father, grandmother or grandfather, for a stern or… — Janusz Korczak Copy Share Image
I learned a lot about my parents, who were both teachers. I had known that my parents were very strongly in favor… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I am a teacher. It's how I define myself. A good teacher isn't someone who gives the answers out to their kids… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
But when all is said and done, the fact remains that some teachers have a naturally inspiring presence and can make their… — William James Copy Share Image
When we were doing 'The Office,' there was an area backstage where they worked on hair and makeup, and I was sitting… — Phyllis Smith Copy Share Image
In fact, I think that our society expects schools to get students to the point where they do things only for outside… — Kirsten Olson Copy Share Image
Everyone wins when children - and especially girls – have access to education. An educated girl is likely to increase her personal… — Angelique Kidjo Copy Share Image
A lot of charter schools are non-union schools that take a lot of teachers from alternative tracks, like Teach For America. They… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
How do you get out of a belief system? First you have to destruct the belief system. Traditionally, the teacher is supposed… — Ricky Ray Copy Share Image
“Every event has a purpose and every setback its lesson. I have realized that failure, whether of personal, professional or even spiritual… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
The contrasts between what is spent today to educate a child in the poorest New York City neighborhoods, where teacher salaries are… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Public school teachers in Long Island, New York, saved my life in the '70s. They were involved and invested and helpful. One… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
You understand Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and a father who is a cannibal king,… — Astrid Lindgren Copy Share Image
My first trip abroad was to do a TV version of 'Les Miserables' in France with Anthony Perkins. There I was at… — Dexter Fletcher Copy Share Image
To me, bringing mindfulness-bas ed practices to students, teachers and parents is some of the most important work we can be doing.… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
When one crosses over from an activity, or the verb, of writing or doing, and becomes a noun, like "a writer" I… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Some of the first human beings in whom the new consciousness emerged fully became the great teachers of humanity, such as Buddha,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
There are writers you admire, for the skill or the art, for the inventiveness or for the professionalism of a career well… — James D. Houston Copy Share Image
When I was a child I used to read books by Gerald Durrell, who founded Jersey Zoo. He had a job collecting… — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
People without homes will not quarrel with their leaders. This is well known among our principle men now engaged in forming an… — J. P. Morgan Copy Share Image
Textbooks, it seems to me, are enemies of education, instruments for promoting dogmatism and trivial learning. They may save the teacher some… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
In middle school, I had a teacher who regularly reminded students of the Monday night Young Life meetings he sponsored; on Tuesdays,… — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
Public education for some time has been heavily focused on what curricula we believe will be helpful to students. Life-Enriching Education is… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We may note in passing that He (Jesus) was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Teachers are often rightly praised for all they do for our children. But there are others out there who are working to… — Carrie O'Maley Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
I also got encouragement from my teachers at primary school but one person in particular who had a significant impact on my… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
“A man in trouble laments that he did not listen to his teachers, and thus he finds himself in a sad state,… — Anonymous 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
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
