“The argument could be made that the word 'hero' is overused. I do not think, however, that this is the case when… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
When you ask someone a question, you trigger an unconscious flashback of their having been put on the spot earlier in life… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
Writing is such a 'pretend' profession. Nobody is counting on you at all. You can't 'pretend' to be a lawyer or a… — MacKenzie Scott Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't know, when I was a young kid, I couldn't stand when the teacher would call on me… — Tobias Harris Copy Share Image
The great teachers are always those who can live the tension. They are not criticizing everybody, they're not complaining. They give young… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
My teacher said my brain was the size of a pea. He made my life miserable by singling me out in the… — Willard Wigan Copy Share Image
Going out and not only meeting the kids, but meeting the teachers and the librarians and seeing the world, fills me up. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
We have inadvertently designed a system in which being good at what you do as a teacher is not formally rewarded, while… — Elliot W. Eisner Copy Share Image
I watch too much cable, I admit. Day after day it gets frustrating. Yesterday I watched as someone called legislation to prevent… — Robert Gibbs Copy Share Image
When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
I had a teacher once who said, "If you are going to write fiction, you should only read poetry." I have always… — Sam Lipsyte Copy Share Image
When I was in the ninth grade, I had a teacher in Dallas, Texas, named Elizabeth Enlow in English class. Every Friday,… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
I was in honors classes in high school. I'd get an A on every test, but I had a 1.9 grade point… — Gilbert Arenas Copy Share Image
When I was about 16 or 17, I had a teacher who took a group of us to the National Theater in… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Christianity possesses the great advantage over Judaism of being represented as coming from the mouth of the first Teacher not as a… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I had a great year with Bob Mintzer [at Laguardia School of Arts]. Bob is great. We could have just brought the… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
The home is the child's first school, the parent is the child's first teacher, and reading is the child's first subject. — Barbara Bush Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that 'child abuse' is no exaggeration when used to describe what teachers and priests are doing to children whom… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten… — Andrew Shue Copy Share Image
Gul Makai' is a story of a brave heart and a gentle advocate of peace who fought for her right to go… — Divya Dutta Copy Share Image
Dealing with homeschooling in itself has made me realise I can't do a seven-year-old's maths - and also that my children don't… — Joanna Page Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, too many of our schools depend on inexperienced teachers with little training in the subjects they're teaching, and too often those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When students have thanked me in the past for being their teacher, I have always felt that it was actually my love… — Taylor Mali Copy Share Image
A true teacher should penetrate to whatever is vital in his pupil, and develop that by the light and heat of his… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
“Experience is a harsh teacher but its lessons get tattooed into scars under our skin. Adversity is a master at disguises.” — Reena Doss Copy Share Image
Dear students , I know when your texting in class, Sincerely no one looks at there crotch and smiles, -sincerely your teacher ! - — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In math, you could get 100 percent. It was very fair. That's what I liked about math. You could figure it out,… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
Teachers try to make us feel lower than themselves, maybe because this is because they feel lower than outside people. One teacher… — Bel Kaufman Copy Share Image
For me teaching has provided community and livelihood and the satisfaction of passing along what I've learned to others. — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
The nature of education fundamentally has not changed in a century - and I say this as someone whose parents are both… — Craig Kielburger Copy Share Image
As my Buddhist teachers have shown me, wisdom emerges in the space around words as much as from language itself. — Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
I have a dad, Carlos Sequeira, who was a player, is a PE teacher and worked as an fitness coach, so he… — Joao Felix Copy Share Image
When your teacher thinks that something she said was funny, and the rest of the class is sitting there like, no. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatrical agent in my dad's… — Charisma Carpenter Copy Share Image
“I think you'll be a great teacher," said Gary. That's his role in my life: blind encourager and ambassador of false senses… — Matthew Norman Copy Share Image
“The longer teachers teach, the better they are at their practice. That practice may serve to empower students or it may break… — Christopher Emdin Copy Share Image
“Looking for a great teacher who can tell you what will happen in the future? Ask the ancient ruins what will happen!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind of teaching. We… — Gilbert Highet Copy Share Image
During a test when the teacher passes by, you cover your answers with your hand so that the teacher cant see how… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father, Emil Palade, was professor of philosophy, and my mother, Constanta Cantemir-Palade, was a teacher. The family environment explains why I… — George Emil Palade Copy Share Image