Quotes of: High-school-teacher Keyword

Let me tell you-no, let me quietly explain to you: the percentage of this school is no higher than that at your present school; the only difference is that this group TRIES harder, therefore it achieves more. You, as most mortals in this world do, fa...

Letters of a Businessman to His Son

Today that legend is inscribed on the stones that were used to build the walls of the school, and as the water falls out of the sky and over those stones, the words of the legend are carried down from the mountains and into the fields and gardens and...

Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan

You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.

The Catcher in the Rye

This is the first year for me as a teacher and, by the looks of this class, I’m hoping it won’t be my last.

Darius and the Vanilla Funk

The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught.

The Education of Henry Adams

Because teachers, no matter how kind, no matter how friendly, are sadistic and evil to the core.

Eighth Grade Bites

A scientist doesn't know all the answers. Nobody does, not even teachers. But a scientist keeps on trying to find the answers.

The Enormous Egg

The students whipped their heads back to look at her; a blaspheming teacher was as exciting as a fight.

Etta and Otto and Russell and James

A teacher of mine once said there are no true synonyms.

The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

What we can change is our perceptions, which have the effect of changing everything.

Buddha in the Classroom: Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers

Each situation is a blossom to be picked with a curious spirit.

Buddha in the Classroom: Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers

There were a few teachers who just did not like me because of my face. Once, I was told to stand in the corner until I cheered up. The attitude was, 'Oh, for God's sake, what's the matter with him?' But it's just a natural expression.

Jack Dee

At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet.

Ama Ata Aidoo

Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.

George Steiner

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost.

Margaret Mead

Under the spell of the right song, passion is within reach... love is close by... and you are not alone! With such potency, music should be treated with care. The sound, the feel, the presentation... everything! It is a medicine. It is a teacher!

Dave Sitek

My first reaction every time I delve into an episode of history that I don't know very much about is... my first reaction is anger that my teachers never taught me about it.

Steven Spielberg

My mother was a teacher, and when she wanted to show me art and literature and science, she'd take me to museums, parks and free exhibitions.

David Blaine

I decided to take a stab at acting. I entered the American Academy of Dramatic Art, where one teacher told me I'd never make it - I was too tall.

Fred Gwynne

Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures - they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself.

Sonny Perdue

When students have thanked me in the past for being their teacher, I have always felt that it was actually my love for the art of teaching they were speaking to.

Taylor Mali