Students Quotes

2554 Students quotes by 1805 unique authors

A horrible sense of blackness and the treachery of fate seized hold upon the soul of the unhappy student. — Robert Louis Stevenson
My father once told me of a trick question he used in a college class on forest fire control. If there was a fire coming… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl
My first-grade teacher told me I was the dumbest student she ever had. She did me a favor. If she told me I was very… — Ernest Gallo
The motivations of a scientist are always mixed and complex... every medical student has the desire to do good in the world. Making a small… — Gustav Nossal
My notion of a failed writing workshop is when everybody comes out replicating the teacher and imitating as closely as possible the great original at… — Nicholas Delbanco
A student brings something to discuss, saying, "I don't know whether this is really good, or whether I should throw it in the wastebasket." The… — William Stafford
Reading student papers, blue books, etc., a form of torture ... a matter of rubbing an iron file over one's teeth, or holding urine in… — Unknown Author
The most important thing an institution does is not to prepare a student for a career but for a life as a citizen. — Unknown Author
I saw Nicki for the first time and, like, literally fell in love. She had this snap-back hat on that said 'Minaj.' She used to… — Drake
The truth of the matter is that about 99 percent of teaching is making the students feel interestedin the material. Then the other 1 percent… — Noam Chomsky
I started writing novels while an undergraduate student, in an attempt to make sense of the city of Edinburgh, using a detective as my protagonist.… — Ian Rankin
Clearly the work of a master teacher who has deep knowledge of his subject and enormous empathy for his students and his readers. — Betty Edwards
I think a lot of the basis of the open source movement comes from procrastinating students... — Unknown Author
There is a distinction between what may be called a problem and what may be considered an exercise. The latter serves to drill a student… — Howard Whitley Eves
It is the duty of all teachers, and of teachers of mathematics in particular, to expose their students to problems much more than to facts. — Paul Halmos
...it is the greatest achievement of a teacher to enable his students to surpass him. — John G. Kemeny
As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher. — Bill Moyers
Teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions — Diane Ravitch
I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student to advocate Marxism, socialism, communism, or any other minority viewpoint… — Richard M. Nixon
The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn. — Randy Pausch

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