My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel. Chinua Achebe on teacher
No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher. William Osler on teacher
If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students? Paul Wellstone on teacher
A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard. Eliphas Levi on teacher
I thought, well of course, Kinsey absolutely adored teaching. He was a wonderful teacher. So these kids really inspired me. So that was a clue I hung onto. He loved young people, he absolutely loved them. And he loved teaching them and trying to help them. Liam Neeson on teacher
This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on teacher
For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did. Sally Ride on teacher
I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach. Bobby Knight on teacher
The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him. H. Rap Brown on teacher
I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher. A. N. Wilson on teacher
The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon. Maria Montessori on teacher
I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary to the implications of therapy for significant learning. Carl Rogers on teacher
To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot. Joseph Conrad on teacher
While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom. Samuel Dash on teacher
Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know. Vladimir Nabokov on teacher
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. Arthur Koestler on teacher
A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory. I did some modeling, and Polanski gave me that small part. Jacqueline Bisset on teacher
Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay. Jeb Bush on teacher
Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order. Xun Zi on teacher
Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten. Mary Catherine Bateson on teacher