“Because this is Upper Canada, after all, and 'caning' sounds more English than 'having ass whipped to death with hickory stick.” — Allan Dare Pearce Copy Share Image
Going to school is not the same as going shopping. Parents should not be burdened with locating a suitable school for their… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
“I didn't give it much thought back then. I just wanted to get all the words straight and collect my A.” — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
I was a B student in math, simply because my teachers liked me, as an actor. — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
What is left that only the family can do? According to the new economy - nothing. The leading view today is 'It… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
A good teacher will show you the ropes in the world of power. They will give you the wisdom that is necessary… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Teachers and administrators sleepwalk through their responsibilities, dulled and discouraged by the endless pressures and problems. — David Perkins Copy Share Image
“If the teacher, if anyone, is to be an example of a whole person to others, he must first strive to be… — Joseph Weizenbaum Copy Share Image
I was strongly encouraged by a science teacher who took an interest in me and presented me with a key to the… — Frederick Reines Copy Share Image
If you're going to spend a long time locked in somebody's basement, take a professor with you. — Terry H. Anderson Copy Share Image
“At School she had trouble concentrating on what the teacher said. They seemed to talk only about unimportant things. Why couldn't they… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“He's probably chasing their teacher, Your Honor. Until she catches him.” — Jim Smiley Copy Share Image
The teacher usually learns more than the pupils. Isn't that true? "It would be hard to learn much less than my pupils,"… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen. — Frank Rizzo Copy Share Image
I used to write things for friends. There was this girl I had a crush on, and she had a teacher she… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
…feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Every writer I admire is my teacher. If you look at it, and if you care to read carefully enough and to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I'm blessed with a good pair of ears. That's how I fooled my piano teacher. I'd watch his fingers and I'd listen… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
The librarians that I've spoken to, the teachers and the librarians who really care and do advise parents and children of what's… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
The last thing we need to do, relating to teachers, is the key to a good education in this country is a… — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
As both a musician and a former teacher, I feel that music is as important to kids as reading and writing. — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
The single greatest effect on student achievement is not race, it is not poverty - it is the effectiveness of the teacher. — Harry Wong Copy Share Image
There is no teacher who can teach you how to say goodbye.. The only one who can teach you is the tears… — John Lowe Copy Share Image
At the utmost, the active-minded young man should ask of his teacher only mastery of his tools. The young man himself, the… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
By the time these students enter the workforce, many of the jobs they will apply for ill be in industries that don't… — Taylor Mali Copy Share Image
One of my favorite pieces of advice about being a writer came from a very formative teacher I had as an undergraduate,… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
Many times I've called for Marius, but there was no answer. Just the endless procession of days, months, years... My teacher left… — Stuart Townsend Copy Share Image
I remember I was in music class, I was a senior in high school, and my music teacher was like, "You should… — Heather McDonald Copy Share Image
The teacher will perform miracles. Not just to delight and amuse people, but showing them that miraculous occurrences indicate that there is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's a little stressful to put down your phone in a little cubby and spend an hour with a barre teacher, but… — Hallie Jackson Copy Share Image
“Freire calls the traditional relationship of teacher and student "banking education". In this dysfunctional, oppressive system, the teacher retains control and takes… — BookRags Copy Share Image
My father was an angry and impatient teacher and flung the reading book at my head. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image
There is a group of us that met through Howard Klein's class in Los Angeles. Howard Klein is a prominent acting teacher.… — Boti Bliss Copy Share Image
Growing up, I watched my single mother work hard to provide for her three kids. She raised us in a one-bathroom house… — Conner Eldridge Copy Share Image
Ive been wearing lipstick since I was in 7th grade. That was our form of daring self-expression, because we had to wear… — Kourtney Kardashian Copy Share Image
