My mother was a Sunday school teacher. So I am a byproduct of prayer. My mom just kept on praying for her… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
Dear gym teacher, how the hell are you fat? Sincerely, you teach exercise for a living! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them. — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
Without the local library in my neighborhood, I don’t think I would have grown up to be a writer or a teacher. — Sharon M. Draper Copy Share Image
I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces. — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater. — Elizabeth Olsen Copy Share Image
I am a teacher and the reason I'm a teacher is because I'm learning as hard as I can. I'm not any… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
I always wrote music for my friends, but my focus was on playing piano. I didn't think I'd be quite good enough… — John Williams Copy Share Image
I had a science teacher in middle school who inspired me... simply because she acknowledged me and made me feel that what… — Marcia Gay Harden Copy Share Image
Much as a teacher may wince at the thought, he is also an entertainer—for unless he can hold his audience, he cannot… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
“TEACHER Next. Hey, Ned exclaimed -- STUDENT Ey, Ned asclaimed -- TEACHER Let's boil -- STUDENT Let's boil -- TEACHER The wolverines.” — Michael O'Donoghue Copy Share Image
I had a great chemistry teacher and found it really interesting to learn how things are made up and how they work. — Kelli Berglund Copy Share Image
Being here in Detroit, our public education in this city is - it's shocking. And the oversight of it and the oversight… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
When I was a teacher, I definitely noticed bullying happening, and I noticed people choosing to be quiet when they should speak… — Natasha Rothwell Copy Share Image
Sometime during the 1990s, when I was teaching philosophy at UCSD, my friend, colleague, and music teacher, Carol Plantamura, discussed the possibility… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
“Can’t these people leave me alone? Like first her husband approaches me out of nowhere asking about my purple vegetable, then I… — Nandanie Phalgoo Copy Share Image
In senior year at college, Paula Vogel was my playwriting teacher; she is the first person to introduce me to the notion… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom… — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
Addison writes with the ease of a gentleman. His readers fancy that a wise and accomplished companion is talking to them; so… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
What is happening to teachers now across this nation is a disgrace. The attacks on them are a blot on our nation.… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
I take every opportunity to articulate to others the ways that they have blessed and influenced me. I hold sweet memories of… — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
