English Teacher Quotes

51 English Teacher quotes by 46 unique authors

Probably my English teacher because she got me into writing instead of just answering the question. I used to hand in homework with 20 pages… — Robert Pattinson
I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatrical agent in my dad's restaurant in San… — Charisma Carpenter
Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music. — Pat Boone
The worst letters come from retired high school English teachers. They will literally take a book and pick it to pieces and send me 14… — John Grisham
But this is exactly why I read--and don't belong to a book group--because reading is the most individual thing there is. Why collectivize it? Didn't… — Peter Orner
If I said in one of my songs that my English teacher wanted to have sex with me in junior high, all I'm saying, is… — Eminem
Matt Mason must be declared the poet laureate of the Midwest! No other native son celebrates the overlooked America, its unsung citizens (from the anonymous… — Unknown Author
My modus operandi hasn't really changed that much from when I was an English teacher. I wanted my students to leave my classroom loving reading… — Rick Riordan
A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said, you still look like a… — Kate Clinton
Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money so I thought about being an urban firefighter and having lots of free… — David Guterson
I am as fond of colorful language as anyone, but I try not to inflict it upon strangers. I suspect many people sense they should… — Roger Ebert
I believe it’s impossible to claim you have taught, when there are students who have not learned. With that commitment, from my first year as… — John Wooden
I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn't that… — Tony Dungy
In an idealized world, we would all be able to do what our English teachers told us to do, which is to write beautiful prose… — Will Schwalbe
You never know what's going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her that I was going to write a… — Tony Dungy
I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was… — Jack Ma
The President publicly apologized today to all those offended by his brother's remark, There's more Arabs in this country than there is Jews! Those offended… — Jimmy Carter
Before college, I hadn't voluntarily read anything that might be called literature; I didn't think I'd understand it; I never seemed to understand my English… — Melissa Bank
My English teacher, he's like, he's like Mr. Bu-fu. — Frank Zappa
Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me. I never grew… — Ving Rhames
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school… — Carol Ann Duffy
When I was a child I used to read books by Gerald Durrell, who founded Jersey Zoo. He had a job collecting animals for zoos… — Melvin Burgess
I'm crazy about Shakespeare, who was a notorious word inventor. And my wife is an English teacher, and she's hilarious. — Rob Delaney
The people who go the craziest when they hear the name 'Hemingway' are my English teachers! — Dree Hemingway
I didn't want to be the archetypal sponging brother-in-law, so I didn't go into acting when I got to the States. I thought, 'No, I'll… — John Mahoney

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