But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years. Amartya Sen on teacher
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. Rosalind Wiseman on teacher
When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first piano teacher sent me something that I'd composed when I was four. I remember I played it, and it still sounded like me. I'm the same composer I was then. Gordon Getty on teacher
I don't have a lot of skills, but one thing I can do is, I can compartmentalize. I can make that a little world that I can go back to, so I can be a waitress, or I can be a teacher, and then go and work on my book. Dana Spiotta on teacher
I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which I attended from the age of four and a half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times. Catherine Helen Spence on teacher
Following my junior year in high school, I went on a camping trip through Russia in a group led by Horst Momber, a young language teacher from Roosevelt. Peter Agre on teacher
My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift. Rory Bremner on teacher
I had a great drama teacher, and he sort of made out drama school as this incredibly difficult thing to get into: 6,000 people apply every year, and some of the schools only have 12 places. It's a phenomenally difficult thing to get into. And that excited me - I wanted that challenge. Jeremy Irvine on teacher
I had a teacher, he was 86 years old and his name was Luigi in New York City, and he said, 'Never stop moving. You get to reinvent yourself.' So you have to find ways to reinventing yourself. Especially today, because it's a whole different market - social media is so important. Ben Vereen on teacher
The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being. William Irwin Thompson on teacher
I feel really good in the teacher role. Jimmy Chamberlin on teacher
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. Margaret Spellings on teacher
The answer, of course, in the mouth of a Christian teacher is that in Christianity alone is there both present joy and future hope. Mary Augusta Ward on teacher
A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter. Wallace Stegner on teacher
I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit. Daryl Hall on teacher
When a music teacher that I had at school was taken ill and we had a variety show and I had to fill in - that's when I realized I had a voice. Lily Allen on teacher
If you improve a teacher's self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teacher's overall effectiveness across the curriculum. Elaine MacDonald on teacher
My father was a writer and an acting teacher. Noah Hathaway on teacher
I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother. Ziyi Zhang on teacher
I'm sure any vocal teacher that listens to me would rather cut my throat than do anything - I do everything all wrong - but I think for me that's the best - because I don't think I have a voice so I think what I project would be style - if I learned to sing I'd lose my style. Julie London on teacher