Teacher Quotes · Page 40

My mother had been a grade-school teacher, and my father had an eighth-grade education.

— Gordon Bell

Teachers are out there with a very difficult job, which they pursue with tireless dedication

— Chi McBride

... good teachers, like Tolstoy's happy families, are alike everywhere.

— Bel Kaufman

I raise my hand for an easy question, just so the teacher won't ask me again.

— Camilia

How can the child learn to be a free and responsible citizen when the teacher is bound?

— John Dewey

I'm an English teacher, so I'm used to reading and I'm used to reading out loud.

— Jill Biden

“Choking the gopher. What’d you think I’d do, my homework?”

— Simone Elkeles

If every school would hire two more music teachers, we would need two fewer police officers.

— Kurt Masur

No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether he is…

— Arthur Koestler

The funniest situation in student life when we have no idea what to write in the exam paper and the supervisor comes…

— Azgraybebly Joslan

A great teacher never strives to explain his vision. He simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself.

— Bobby Ray Inman

In order to do an empowerment, a person obviously has to be highly empowered, have the power, and also have the structural…

— Frederick Lenz

“Because Ali did not want to see the deep pools of his kind teacher's eyes and fall into them. He didn't know…

— Naomi Shihab Nye

My mum was a teacher and my dad was off working and having philandering affairs, so when I came home from school…

— Andi Oliver

I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior - my dog Rusty. He taught me that animals have personalities, minds, and feelings.

— Jane Goodall

The university is the archive of the Western mind, it's the keeper of the Western culture, ... the guardian of our heritage,…

— Adlai E. Stevenson

In the United States, if you ask teachers, "Are there children whom we should call 'gifted?'", many if not most will say…

— Howard Gardner

'This is America,' my father used to say to me, 'and in this country, a smart young fellow like you can grow…

— Joe Lieberman

I think the rapping came from being around your friends in school, beating on the desks with pencils and making beats and…

— Quincy Brown

“For all the talk of education, modern societies neglect to examine by far the most influential means by which their populations are…

— Alain de Botton

It is not easy for a man to be as great as a mountain or a forest. But that is why the…

— Kent Nerburn

“I am writing this during my free . . . oops! un-assigned period, at the end of my first day of teaching.…

— Bel Kaufman

My mom was a yoga teacher back in the 1960s, so I observed a lot of the practice. It's movement of the…

— Dean Potter

He's a seminal force, a guru, an original creator of the New Orleans piano style.. the teacher of great players like Fats…

— Jerry Wexler

My dad's an English teacher and my mum's a midwife. Then my mum's side of the family are all crazy creative.

— Josh O'Connor

We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen.

— Frank Rizzo

“Teacher: a master who, through personal example, inspires students to rebel against learning.”

— Bauvard

Teacher: 'Why are you late?' Me: 'Why does it matter. You still get paid, right?'

— Anonymous

A teacher is a person who used to think he liked children.

— Joey Lauren Adams

Teachers assess to test; educators assess to assist learning.

— Dave Carter

The teacher must adopt the role of facilitator not content provider.

— Lev S. Vygotsky

The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves.

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

When I graduated from high school, the teacher said I was throwing my life away following music.

— Big Sean

Pretending to write when the teacher starts calling on random people.

— Anonymous

I would prefer the teacher to focus on teaching and have a security officer worry about keeping the kids safe.

— Andrea Tantaros

My mother was a teacher. She was grooming my brother and me to be successful, accomplished people.

— Laverne Cox

In the yoga of love, one has a teacher. It is the teacher whom one loves.

— Frederick Lenz

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.

— Brad Henry

My teacher knew that I always had a girlfriend. For some reason, he never said anything to me about it.

— Frederick Lenz

Classmate after a final: 'So how'd you do?' Me: 'Nailed it or failed it.'

— Anonymous