Teachers Quotes

1549 Teachers quotes by 1136 unique authors

I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses. — Nell Carter
I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their own… — Chris Christie
I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers. — Woody Allen
Obama says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers. Did he not get the message of Wisconsin? The American people did. It's time for… — Mitt Romney
Throughout all history, the great wise men and teachers, philosophers, and prophets have disagreed with one another on many different things. It is only on… — Earl Nightingale
Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth. — Helen Caldicott
Administrators need to shift from being controllers to enablers, so as to liberate the energies and talents of the teachers. — Steve Denning
Good teachers deserve apples; great teachers deserve chocolate. A favorite quotation, written in calligraphy on his office door. — Richard Hamming
In 1847 I gave an address at Newton, Mass., before a Teachers' Institute conducted by Horace Mann. My subject was grasshoppers. I passed around a… — Louis Agassiz
My decision to begin research in radio astronomy was influenced both by my wartime experience with electronics and antennas and by one of my teachers,… — Antony Hewish
Estiven Rodriguez couldn't speak a word of English when he moved to New York City at age nine. But last month, thanks to the support… — Barack Obama
Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind of teaching. We are all pupils… — Gilbert Highet
Even when educators survey grade school texts and create new bibliographies to help teachers include Asians, Eskimos, and other Americans, females in and out of… — Gloria Steinem
The hardest conviction to get into the mind of a beginner is that the education upon which he is engaged is not a college course,… — William Osler
Governments decide they know best and they're going to tell you what to do. The trouble is that education doesn't go on in the committee… — Ken Robinson
Until recently, over 98 percent of teachers just got one word of feedback: Satisfactory. If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I… — Bill Gates
The self taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had… — Mark Twain
Be open to all teachers And all teachings, And listen with your heart. — Ram Dass
Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs… — Hugh Mackay
We know that many boys and girls leave school because of poverty, because they have to work. However, there are an important number of children… — Shakira
From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to recognize that on… — Marcus Aurelius
Most teachers waste their time by asking question which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know whereas the true art of questioning… — Albert Einstein
We believe that this initiative is a critical first step in our nation s effort to provide every student with a comprehensive, content rich and… — Unknown Author
If we use these common standards as the foundation for better schools, we can give all kids a robust curriculum taught by well prepared, well… — Randi Weingarten
To improve our schools, we have to humanize them and make education personal to every student and teacher in the system. Education is always about… — Ken Robinson

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