As an undergraduate, I took two writing workshops taught by Elizabeth Hardwick. She was certainly a major influence, though more as a… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
“If someone teaches only what his superior Man predetermines and orders him to teach, without himself being absolutely convinced of the Meaningfulness… — Sino Melo Copy Share Image
I didn't go to Catholic school but I had a tough teacher, a tough math teacher.I remember everything that guy taught me.… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Nature without learning is like a blind man; learning without Nature, like a maimed one; practice without both, incomplete. As in agriculture… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I love directing actors. In the last few years, I have started expanding my directing into workshops for actors who truly want… — Del Shores Copy Share Image
There are hundreds and thousands of young Americans who cannot or will not receive an education, because in order to get an… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
In seventh grade I had a magical teacher, her name was Mrs. Fried. She wore only pink, she drove a pink Mustang,… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. — Robert H. Shaffer Copy Share Image
I dated a teacher in high school. Yeah, it didn't make me cooler. And a lot of you are like 'that's cause… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
If you put down a list of jobs, doctor, lawyer, janitor, teacher or movie star, everybody would pick the movie star. And… — Steve Guttenberg Copy Share Image
Your developed countries are taking teachers from South Africa, they are taking nurses, because people are better paid where they are going. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
It wasn't for children, seventh grade. You could read the stress of even entering the building in the postures of the teachers,… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
All my life, I had loved music and been in choir, and I have a degree in music, but I never planned… — Walker Hayes Copy Share Image
For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience. — Quintilian Copy Share Image
We with my husband [Joseph Millar] are often the first reader for one another's work, and we often also have the last… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
Catholic schools in our Nation's education have been paramount in teaching the values that we as parents seek to instill in our… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
It was actually pretty difficult to grow up in the Star City. There were regular kids around me, and everybody knew that… — Roman Romanenko Copy Share Image
If you're lucky you find your way into a spiritual community and you start to find the great teachers of all the… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Trekking means a travelling experience with a thrilling excitement.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Comparison, a great teacher once told me, is the cardinal sin of modern life. It traps us in a game that we… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
I would start by writing to an adult, maybe a high school teacher, or maybe an aunt or uncle, and writing and… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Without God, life is like a school without a teacher. It is a wire with no current passing through it; it is… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image