Teacher Quotes · Page 40

One might as well say he has sold when no one has bought as to say he has taught when no one…

— John Dewey

Teachers have been some of the most important people in my career.

— Sigrid

Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.

— Frederic Chopin

I learned to shoot more accurately because my teachers held the targets.

— Maxine Hong Kingston

What if you could be anything, or anybody, you chose to be? Think about it. What would you choose to be?

— Anonymous

My gratitude to them [my first teachers] grows as I myself grow older.

— George Sarton

Music teacher: 'What's your favorite musical instrument?' Fat kid: 'The lunch bell.'

— Anonymous

My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift.

— Rory Bremner

I think hip-hop has definitely brought the black experience to white kids more than the civil rights movement did and more than…

— Henry Rollins

In a sinful world, no community can exist for long where nobody is ever held accountable: no teacher would grade a student's…

— Lewis B. Smedes

“The argument could be made that the word 'hero' is overused. I do not think, however, that this is the case when…

— Steve Maraboli

When you ask someone a question, you trigger an unconscious flashback of their having been put on the spot earlier in life…

— Mark Goulston

I don't really consider myself a teacher. I think - like, I have opinions like everyone else, and I just share my…

— India Arie

Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being…

— Antonio Tabucchi

I feel sorry for the poor kids whose parents feel they're qualified to teach them at home. Of course, some parents are…

— Dick Cavett

“By virtue of their English and the light color of their faces, these teachers determine the words that creep into my dreams…

— Daisy Hernandez

God help the teacher, if a man of sensibility and genius, when a booby father presents him with his booby son, and…

— Robert Burns

We weren't wealthy but we weren't poor either. My mum was a teacher and my dad, Chris, was an England international cricketer.…

— Stuart Broad

I was always drawn toward the Actor's Studio. I studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute when I first came to New York.…

— Karen Allen

New teachers were just a part of life, for a few days after one arrived, squawks of interest were emitted from various…

— Meg Wolitzer

I've come to the frightening conclusioin that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my daily mood that makes the…

— Anonymous

All of life's experiences are teachers in some sense, challenging us to grow and evolve. Although the Persecutor certainly provokes a reaction,…

— David Emerald Womeldorff

I was chastised for writing several obituaries for Malcolm X, exploring different aspects of his writing. One teacher in particular told me,…

— Ntozake Shange

Restoring prayer ... will scarcely at this date solve the grievous public school problem. Public schools are expensive and massive centers for…

— Murray Rothbard

“Mother is her son's first god; she must teach him the most important lesson of all - how to love.”

— T.F. Hodge

Teacher: I beautiful. What tense is this? Student: obviously past tense.

— Anonymous

That awkward moment when it's silent in class and your stomach decides to make a dying walrus sound.

— Anonymous

My dad is white, he's an art history teacher, he's very traditional.

— Miquita Oliver

I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.

— Jack Welch

Distance is a good teacher. You only fully understand that which you have lost.

— Goliarda Sapienza

“Never regret your past. Rather, embrace it as the teacher that it is.”

— Robin S. Sharma

I was a high school teacher when I joined Bullet Club and started going to Japan.

— Adam Page

“I am amazed at the patience of my blessed Master and Teacher, but how I love His school!”

— Elizabeth Prentiss

A gifted teacher is as rare as a gifted doctor, and makes far less money.

— Anonymous

Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.

— Benjamin Franklin

Growing up in Kansas City, I was always neat, the teacher's pet, know-it-all type.

— Gretchen Rubin

We should not be speaking to, but with. That is second nature to any good teacher.

— Noam Chomsky

I was a high-school teacher. I am a strong advocate for women's rights, and I'm not a woman.

— Justin Trudeau

I do get film offers, but if they are dance teacher kind of roles, I don't take them up.

— Shobana

When you've become strong enough and developed enough, the teacher will fall away.

— Frederick Lenz