Teachers Quotes · Page 31

I know of only three people who really understand money. A professor at another university. One of my students. And a rather…

— John Maynard Keynes

I've seen a lot of teachers come and go, and you do three or four years, and it's exhausting.

— Cameron Britton

I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution.

— Barack Obama

Nature is the first tutor. No one remains untouched or unschooled by the earth, seasons, and heavens.

— Kay Redfield Jamison

Although raised on the farm - my grandfather was an unsuccessful fundamentalist preacher turned farmer - my father and his brother both…

— Philip Warren Anderson

You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you…

— W. Somerset Maugham

I hated my teachers because I knew they didn't care, and I knew they had no control over me, so I hated…

— Alison Goldfrapp

The Great Teachers in my Life never told me about my weaknesses. They only showed me my strength and then I was…

— Terry Mark

The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but…

— Louis L'Amour

“I was a professor of penis, a connoisseur of cock, a devotee of dick, an epicure of erections. I had made it…

— Michael Murphy

Even the best parents have to spend so much time making ends meet that they cannot help their kids with homework or…

— Sal Albanese

There are two kinds of comments that I get. One is, oh, you're such a natural up there, and the other one…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Our teachers are responsible for our children's welfare for the six or eight hours they are at school and we need to…

— Mike Fitzpatrick

It is not enough to simply listen to student voice. Educators have an ethical imperative to do something with students, and that…

— Adam Fletcher

“University of California, Irvine, Professor of Art and Engineering, Codirector of Arts, Computation, and Engineering (ACE) Program Kavita Philip University of California,…

— Cathy N. Davidson

We didn't grow up in a jock household. In fact, my dad is an entrepreneur. He was a computer programmer; he was…

— Tyler Winklevoss

Teachers need to feel they are trusted. They must be allowed some leeway to use their imagination; otherwise, teaching loses all sense…

— Alan Bennett

Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.

— Pete Seeger

Anybody who fights for human rights or to make this world a better place. Nurses, doctors, teachers: these are the people who…

— George Michael

The science fair has long been a favorite educational tool in the American school system, and for a good reason: Your teachers…

— Dave Barry

“War is the greatest of teachers, and not all of its lessons are bad. Their cost is just so terribly high.”

— Jack L. Chalker

“For my success I am immensely grateful to God, my parents, my family, my friends, my teachers and to the books I…

— Amit Kalantri

I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education.

— Lorraine Toussaint

My parents, who were both professors at Tsinghua University, hoped that I would follow in their footsteps and become a professor.

— Ken Xie

I agree with the idea that there is a separation of church and state. That teachers should not be leading prayer -…

— Ken Buck

I love and celebrate good teachers, and it's critical that we do more to identify them and keep them happy and motivated.

— Whitney Tilson

Lets face it, we've all had our teachers ass in our face when they were helping another student.

— Anonymous

“Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors who when their time comes, will manufacture professors. ”

— Simone Weil

I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't…

— Hilary Swank

The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.

— Laozi

If you look back on all the teachers that you liked, I am sure you will find they were very entertaining.

— Bill Nye

“I don't like being with grown-up people. I've known that a long time. I don't like it because I don't know how…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

We are paying teachers who are in charge of our human capital, arguably more important than our financial capital, a very tiny…

— Robert Reich

I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.

— Madeleine Albright

The teachers I've learned the most from, didn't think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.

— Bob Goff

I come from a family of teachers, and I believe ideas matter; the good ones deserve reverence, and the bad ones, defiance.

— Nancy Gibbs

Peers can be the best teachers, because they're the ones that remember what it's like to not understand.

— Anonymous

Physically, teachers are often alone in their own classrooms with no other adults for company. Psychologically, they never are.

— Andy Hargreaves

I love to sing and play the piano. As a child, I've always loved to sing my heart out, and even my…

— Terence Lewis

I have always been a fixer. I am a fixer. I like problems, and I like puzzles, and I like to help…

— Tabatha Coffey