Teacher Quotes - page 38

I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher. (Marta Kristen)
I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher left our apartment, I would get up on the piano bench and start picking out the notes that were part of my sister's lessons. View quote
Marvin Hamlisch
I studied with Sandy Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. I was in the last class to study with him before he had his larynx removed, so I actually remember the sound of his voice. He was an incredible teacher. View quote
Mary Steenburgen
My students know I have a life, they know I've written about my life. They know some detail, probably more than they know about their physics teacher, but I would've told them anyway! View quote
Marya Hornbacher
I'd always enjoyed acting at high school, and I was all lined up to do an honours degree course in biology at a Canadian university, and at the eleventh hour the drama teacher I had said, 'You know, you'll get a lot more girls if you go into acting,' and that kinda sold it. View quote
Matt Frewer
When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, first grade read it to us. I love that book. View quote
Madison Pettis
I trained in Toronto with a private acting teacher, who was wonderful, for years growing up. View quote
Megan Park
I was a theater dork in high school and did all the plays. My theater teacher in high school, Janet Spahr, was absolutely incredible and mentored me throughout school. She taught me a lot about relying on my instincts. View quote
Melissa Rauch
Teacher compensation isn't the only factor in cultivating great teaching. Other important priorities include changing how we measure student performance, providing more flexibility to teacher-preparation programs, and improving how we train and support principals. View quote
Michael Bennet
Ensuring all kids have access to an effective, talented teacher needs to be a national priority. View quote
Michael Bennet
I love doing demonstrations. I think to be a great chef you have to be a great teacher. I love doing classes with people who love food and enjoy food, bringing them all around one table so to speak. (Michael Symon)
'Expect nothing and hope for the best' is my mantra. A drama teacher called Joseph Blatchley told me that, and it's the best advice I've had. If you keep an open mind and don't expect too much, then you won't be disappointed. View quote
Michelle Dockery
As a kid, I had this ultimate goal to be a teacher. I wanted to be a history teacher like my dad. View quote
Mike Trout
My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. View quote
Miles Teller
I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like 'Alright, I'll try drama.' View quote
Miles Teller
I do home schooling. I went to regular school until fifth grade, and then I started doing home schooling, which it's completely different. I have a teacher on set with me and I just work with her, one-on-one. View quote
Miranda Cosgrove
About me - I used to want to be a P.E. teacher, and kind of still do. View quote
Miranda Hart
I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school. There were no job opportunities then... the only thing a black youth could aspire to be was a bellboy or a pullman or an elevator operator, or, maybe, a teacher. There was a time when all we had was black baseball. View quote
Monte Irvin
When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books. View quote
Norman MacCaig
No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent. View quote
Nancy Pearcey
I've been acting my whole life. I have this huge imagination! I'm a dancer and my mom's a dance teacher, and I was always performing and entertaining people. I'd go to see live theatre or a movie, and I'd become the main character for a few days afterwards. I loved being somebody new for a temporary amount of time. (Natasha Calis)
I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays. View quote
Nathan Fillion
I kind of fell backwards into acting. I was studying to be a high school teacher. I look now and I understand completely, or actually barely, how much work it is to be a teacher. It's an incredible amount of work. View quote
Nathan Fillion
I always think about which blood drive was going on in Georgia that day when that husband or mom or school teacher rolled up their sleeve and actually gave me a second chance at life. It's the ultimate gift of life, and I'm the one who was on the other end. View quote
Niki Taylor
At the end of the day, I want to be a teacher at a university, teaching film or acting. View quote
Omar Dorsey