Quotes of: Great-teachers Keyword

There was the best teachers from the Czech Philharmonic, highly dedicated people, some of the best musicians in the world passing on the knowledge about the country, about the principles, and about the music.

Miroslav Vitous

Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it. Polly B. Berends

Polly Berrien Berends

As more people become more intelligent they care less for preachers and more for teachers.

Robert G. Ingersoll

The argument could be made that the word 'hero' is overused. I do not think, however, that this is the case when referring to teachers.

Steve Maraboli

I think that a movie can only be an adjunct or only a supplement to books, to different points of view, to scholars, historians and your own teachers.

Steven Spielberg

Most of us, I suspect, prefer our teachers to be of the Nice Guy variety.

Ken Wilber

We have the Troops to Teachers program, which encourages retired military individuals to go into teaching.

Ralph Regula

My teacher asked my favorite color. ... I said ‘Rainbow’.... and I was punished to stand out of my class.

Saket Assertive

My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants.

Martin Lewis Perl

In college, my teachers were usually after me for going after comedy too much, leaning too much in that direction.

Mary-Louise Parker

Being a teacher at a restaurant in the town where you lived was a little like being a TV star...

Meg Wolitzer

Failure is the ultimate motivator, the supreme teacher, and the definitive guarantee of life. Failure is what makes success so addictive.

Noel DeJesus

They say experience is the best teacher, but I'll be damned if I know what it teaches you.

Oral History

The best came from my martial arts teacher, who also taught Elvis. He said, 'Your ego will get you killed.'

William Sanderson

My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family.

Dave Grohl

We are all in the business of sales. Teachers sell students on learning, parents sell their children on making good grades and behaving, and traditional salesmen sell their products.

Dave Ramsey

In my school, people liked the gym teachers because they were the football or soccer coaches. But look, if they're cool, they get respect.

Danny McBride

In a home school, the kid does 95% of the work. But in a school system, since it's an indoctrination system, a teacher has to do 95% of the work.

John Taylor Gatto

My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then led me to acting.

Laura Carmichael

Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses.

David E. Kelley

I'm an actor. I was trained by Stella Adler, one of the greatest teachers of the world. I was 19 years old, and she frightened me to death. I was her houseboy for a while.

Mark Margolis