--- title: "7 Teacher Want Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Teacher Want quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Teacher Want sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/anonymous-1_authority_you-can-t-stop-a-teacher-when-they-want_68910.jpg" --- > [You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-can-t-stop-a-teacher-when-they-want-to-do-something-they-just-do/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/anonymous-1_authority_you-can-t-stop-a-teacher-when-they-want_68910.jpg) > [You can go to a history class with one teacher and want to stick a pencil in your throat, and then go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walton-goggins/you-can-go-to-a-history-class-with-one-teacher-and-want-to-stick-a/) [Walton Goggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walton-goggins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/211/walton-goggins-13029_able_you-can-go-to-a-history-class-with-one-t_271638.png) > [I have always admired teachers because teaching, like the priesthood, medicine and writing, is a vocation. You don't become a teacher because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-sionil-jos/i-have-always-admired-teachers-because-teaching-like-the-priesthood/) [F. Sionil Jose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-sionil-jos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/813/f-sionil-jos-2399_admired_i-have-always-admired-teachers-because-t_807951.jpg) > [Teacher: DO YOU WANT TO SPEND LUNCH IN MY CLASS?!?!?! Student: Are you asking me out? O\_O](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/teacher-do-you-want-to-spend-lunch-in-my-class-student-are-you-asking/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/anonymous-1_amazing_teacher-do-you-want-to-spend-lunch-in-my_1431889.jpg) > [“Like when people (my parents) ask what I'm going to study in college and I say, "English." They say, "Oh. So you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlaina-tibensky/like-when-people-my-parents-ask-what-i-m-going-to-study-in-college/) [Arlaina Tibensky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlaina-tibensky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/arlaina-tibensky-30414_big-city_like-when-people-my-parents-ask-what-i-m_1790630.jpg) > [Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up? Marji: I'll be a prophet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/teacher-what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up-marji-i-ll-be-a/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/marjane-satrapi-1702_growing-up_teacher-what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you_2498933.jpg) > [I call myself a teacher because they want me to call myself a teacher, but actually, what I'm doing is I'm studying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chick-corea/i-call-myself-a-teacher-because-they-want-me-to-call-myself-a-teacher/) [Chick Corea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chick-corea/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/chick-corea-17007_actually_i-call-myself-a-teacher-because-they-wan_2790257.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/teacher-want/#itemlist", "name": "Teacher Want Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. 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