Teacher Quotes - page 12

It was my fifth grade teacher who introduced the idea that writing could be more than a hobby for me. (Lauren DeStefano)
As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can wear you down. View quote
Marilyn Hacker
I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap. View quote
Margaret Spellings
I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher. View quote
Martin Yan
I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up. View quote
Maya Lin
I went to a Catholic high school and it seemed like every time I drew something for a class project, it either got thrown away by the teacher or something. View quote
Mike Judge
I always wanted to be a teacher. View quote
Nicky Hilton
My father was a writer and an acting teacher. View quote
Noah Hathaway
I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for 'Watch With Mother' on TV. View quote
Paul O'Grady
There is no teacher, living or past, who can give us the actual understanding of truth. A teacher can only put our feet upon the path and point the way. That is all. It is wholly dependent on the individual to make his way to truth. View quote
Paul Twitchell
If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students? (Paul Wellstone)
Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about. View quote
Paula Creamer
When I started performing, I decided that if in five years I couldn't earn as much money acting as I could as a teacher, it would be unrealistic for me to continue on the stage. View quote
Pauline Collins
In acting class, I used to hide in the corner and pray the teacher wouldn't call on me. View quote
Peggy Lipton
When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher and to keep spreading this right word. View quote
Richard Simmons
I am a teacher, and I am proud of it. At Cornell University I have taught primarily undergraduates, and indeed almost every year since 1966 have taught first-year general chemistry. View quote
Roald Hoffmann
I'm crazy about Shakespeare, who was a notorious word inventor. And my wife is an English teacher, and she's hilarious. View quote
Rob Delaney
As a teacher myself I've been in situations where parents come at you, and sometimes parents come across like the teacher doesn't want the best for their kid and it can be really, really hurtful. View quote
Rosalind Wiseman
My sister is an ER doctor and my brother is a teacher. View quote
Rami Malek
During my eleven years as a New York City public school teacher, I saw firsthand the impact that poverty has on the classroom. In low-income neighborhoods like Sunset Park, where I taught, students as young as five years old enter school affected by the stresses often created by poverty: domestic violence, drug abuse, gang activity. View quote
Sal Albanese
I had an art teacher who's the reason I got there in high school who encouraged me to go to Alabama. That's where she had gone and kept raving over their art department. (Sela Ward)
The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society. View quote
Shirley Hufstedler
I would take William H. Macy as a teacher any day of the week. He's incredible. He's got a lot of hard-earned experience. View quote
Skeet Ulrich
My father still is a lawyer, and my mom was a teacher and then later a career counselor. View quote
Steve Case
If you put down a list of jobs, doctor, lawyer, janitor, teacher or movie star, everybody would pick the movie star. And why? So you could lie around the pool, drink margaritas and send money to your parents. So that's what I did. View quote
Steve Guttenberg