Choices Quote by Shirley Geok-lin Lim

I was teaching, which I didn't love or hate; it was just OK. I was OK with it, and the hours were good for…

— David Carson

I didn't want to teach. I wanted to act. It was quite a long and difficult road to get there but very thrilling when…

— John Hurt

I didn't know what to do with myself. I wasn't excited by the teaching of the school. If they'd been intent on really teaching…

— Diane Cilento

Teaching was my first job after leaving university. It was a challenge, but I enjoyed it. Some of the kids were disruptive, but I…

— Laura Mvula

I learned a lot about working with children, and about myself, and it reinforced my decision to pursue a career in teaching.

— Carolyn Murphy

I often run teaching down in my standup, but I had some great years, and it's a great job. It represented a place where…

— Greg Davies

The teachers who have had the most impact on me and on most learners I know are teachers whose "selfhoods" have been deeply invested…

— Parker J. Palmer

From kindergarten to college, certain teachers engaged my curiosity and motivated me to learn. While I was not the best student, their efforts left…

— George Lucas

I'm always eager to work with people I admire, people who have experience, who've made mistakes and made great things. That's the greatest teaching…

— Aneurin Barnard

Being a teacher was great, but it wasn't what I wanted to do, so it was ultimately crushing.

— Greg Davies

I've never disguised the fact that I wasn't happy in teaching. But the reason was that I wanted to do comedy. I would have…

— Greg Davies

It was my notion that teaching had to be thorough, it had to be well done, and it had to connect to something beyond…

— David C. Driskell