Ears Quote by Ambrose Bierce

A lecturer often makes you feel dumb at one end and numb at the other.

— Evan Esar

Teaching...can be likened to a conversation in which you listen to the speaker carefully before you reply.

— Marie Clay

The first duty of a lecturer: to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages…

— Virginia Woolf

Professors known as outstanding lecturers do two things; they use a simple plan and many examples.

— Wilbert J. McKeachie

A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other.

— John Gould

Great lecturers seldom hesitate to use dramatic tricks to enshrine their precepts in the minds of their audiences, and at Yale perhaps Chauncey B.…

— Louis Auchincloss

Anyone who teaches knows that you don't really experience a text until you've taught it, in loving detail, with an intelligent and responsive class.

— Joyce Carol Oates

“The most effective learning takes place in the classroom, where you can easily raise your hand, engage in spontaneous discussions with classmates and faculty,…

— Ian Lamont

Teachear teaches…student listens to add lessons…

— Sandeep Bhagat

When you speak, ask questions. Don't lecture.

— Denis Waitley

A lecture has been well described as the process whereby the notes of the teacher become the notes of the student without passing through…

— Anonymous

“When you've got the upper hand, don't lose it by giving a lecture.”

— Ichiro Sakaki