Students Quotes

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Some would argue that the president himself benefited from a form of affirmative action because as a C student, he only got into Yale because… — Jon Stewart
I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket. — Imogen Cunningham
Physics is an organized body of knowledge about nature, and a student of it says that he is learning physics, not nature. Art, like nature,… — Northrop Frye
It has always been the task of formal education to set up behavior which would prove useful or enjoyable later in a student's life. — B.F. Skinner
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
What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore… — Neil Peart
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
Beauty, like all other qualities presented to human experience, is relative; and the definition of it becomes unmeaning and useless in proportion to its abstractness.… — Walter Pater
If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the most… — Judy Blume
The top priority is leaving no child behind. We want accountability in the system, and we want schools to recognize they have a responsibility to… — Andrew Card
The wit of a graduate student is like champagne. Canadian champagne. — Robertson Davies
The virtuosos look to the students of the world to do their share in the education of the great musical public. Do not waste your… — Sergei Rachmaninoff
As a student in London, I had seen so many shows, so many plays and had seen so many greats of the day. — David Naughton
The foundation of a strong economy and job creation begins with providing every child in America with the best possible education, including students with disabilities. — Jared Polis
I had a briefcase at one point, but it was a kind of 1980s New Wave briefcase. It was made of some kind of cardboard… — Jeffrey Eugenides
I trust that a graduate student some day will write a doctoral essay on the influence of the Munich analogy on the subsequent history of… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
You have no choice as a professional chef: you have to repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat until it becomes part of yourself. I certainly don't cook… — Jacques Pepin
The morning we left South Bend, every student and professor was out of bed long before breakfast and marched downtown accompanying the team to the… — Knute Rockne
You can't motivate a student you don't know. — Ted Sizer
I was, am and always will be a student…, the day I stop learning, is the day I die. — Terence Lewis
Instead of being the 'font of all knowledge,' teachers are required to be effective facilitators of student learning both within and outside the classroom at… — Susan Mann
Since her retirement from teaching Miss Beryl's health had in many respects greatly improved, despite her advancing years. An eighth-grade classroom was an excellent place… — Richard Russo
The students at Gallaudet University deserve our congratulations. They educated the nation about deafness, and won a long overdue victory for all disabled people. — Michael Dukakis
For the trustees to turn away from the entirely reasonable request of the students that a hearing-impaired individual be made president of the college is… — Barney Frank
You [the Gallaudet students] have brought the deaf community together.... You are my heroes. — Tom Harkin

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