Best My Students Sayings
116 My Students quotes by 105 unique authors
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I feel that I learned far more from my students than I could possibly have taught them.
— Arno Allan Penzias
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The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself. I tell this to my students: It's not about copying me…
— Frank Gehry
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How to Stay Christian in Seminary should be placed in the hands of every first-year seminarian. It provides a much-needed balance as they navigate the…
— Daniel L. Akin
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I often tell my students that you can't worry about the end of an improv scene because the end is not up to you. You…
— Mark Sutton
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I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
— B.K.S. Iyengar
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I also talk a lot in Deeper Reading about the importance that confusion plays. When my students come to me, they think confusion is bad.…
— Kelly Gallagher
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Creativity, my students learn, is as natural a function of the mind as breathing or digestion are natural functions of the body.
— John Kao
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When I teach writing, I always tell my students you should assume that the audience you're writing for is smarter than you. You can't write…
— Tony Kushner
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I have preferred to teach my students not English literature but my love for certain authors, or, even better, certain pages, or even better than…
— Jorge Luis Borges
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The funniest novel you've never read. . . . Afternoon Men is a revelation to sophisticated readers of every stripe, but especially to a certain…
— Blake Bailey
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My students know I have a life, they know I've written about my life. They know some detail, probably more than they know about their…
— Marya Hornbacher
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My rule in making up examination questions is to ask questions which I can't myself answer. It astounds me to see how some of my…
— Henry Adams
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Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
— B.K.S. Iyengar
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When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that 'civil procedure is the…
— Anne-Marie Slaughter
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I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students,…
— Gil Scott-Heron
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I started out as a high school teacher in inner-city Chicago and realized quite quickly that my students weren't that motivated.
— Jack Canfield
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I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have…
— Dorothy Allison
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I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.
— Kathy Acker
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I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule.
— Tayari Jones
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I have to admit that talking authoritatively about my students' stories can make me feel, at times, like an astronaut who has just landed on…
— Etgar Keret
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I have no doubt that 'On the Road' is a Great American Novel. But I'm also certain my students will do fine without it.
— Tony D'Souza
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When I taught, a lot of my students weren't big readers, so they would write something and I realized that they thought it belonged in…
— David Sedaris
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I strive to view my students as unique human beings all of whom come to my classroom with a personal history, cultural perceptions and traditions,…
— Joe Harris
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I never place limits on the potential success of my students. If they're going into acting, they're going to win the Oscar... If they're going…
— Alan Dershowitz
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I tell my students, if you ever become comfortable with your role as criminal defense lawyer, it's time to quit. It should be a constant…
— Alan Dershowitz
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