Book Quote by Anonymous

“For anything that smacked of a classroom or of being lectured to—“professor” was one of his bad words, and he was proud of never…

— Michael Wolff

“The other instructors, even his mother, laughed at him for making work harder for himself and not teaching the workbook. But his students were…

— Lisa Ko

A good teacher feels his way, looking for response.

— Paul Goodman

“his education had had the curious effect of making things that he read and wrote more real to him than things he saw.”

— C.S. Lewis

“So he got up in the morning as usual, walked to classes as usual, did his darndest to sit through his lectures as usual,…

— Michelle Kan

“He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him; he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“I was delighted to see him growing more cautious and skeptical about what he heard, especially when he heard it from someone in apparent…

— Martine Millman

Professors could silence me then; they had figures, diagrams, maps, books.... I was learning that books and diagrams can be evil things if they…

— Agnes Smedley

“A student should not be taught more than he can think about.”

— Alfred North Whitehead

I may say it of our preposterous use of books,--He knew not what to do, and so he read.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I never think of him as a scholar assaulting me with how much he knows, but as a teacher eager to share a lifelong…

— William Zinsser

“He was silent for a long time as he looked from face to face. He heard his voice issue flatly. "I have taught..." he…

— John Williams