Teaching Quotes

There's definitely a tension between the way teaching is talked about and understood at the political level and how everyday average Americans think about teachers.

Dana Goldstein
If she was in a teaching mood she wasn't in a hitting mood. Like sneezing and keeping your eyes open, Mrs. H couldn't do both at once.

Catherynne M. Valente

To the security of a free Constitution it [knowledge] contributes in various ways: by teaching the people themselves to know and to value their own rights, to discern and provide against invasions of them, to distinguish between oppression and the necessary exercise of lawful authority, between burdens proceeding from a disregard to their convenience and those resulting from the inevitable exigencies of society.

George Washington
My mother had been an English teacher in India before she came to the U.K., and she taught me to read early on - not only in English, but in Hindi, too. My teachers didn't like the fact that I was reading more quickly than they were teaching, and as a consequence, I would sometimes get bored in class.

Sanjeev Bhaskar
- Mother
- Reading
- Teacher
While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.

Ranulph Fiennes
- Serving
- Climbs
- Officers
The task of a teacher is not to work for the pupil nor to oblige him to work, but to show him how to work.

Wanda Landowska
- Teaching
- Pupils
My dad was a longshoreman in the Port of Miami. Tough job. I worked down there in the summer once. One day. Never again. My dad was a no-nonsense guy. As a kid, I hated his rules, but as a man, I understand what he was teaching. He taught me you have to work hard for everything you get.

Nick Ferguson
- Dad
- Teaching
- Work Hard
Aria: I went to Hollis. Because I was looking for...you know. Her. She was teaching an art class, so I ran inside, grabbed a paintbrush, and painted a scarlet A across her chest. You know, like that woman in The Scarlet Letter? It was awesome. She didn't know what hit her. And then I said, 'Now everyone will know what you've done'. Ella: Do you realize that Hester Prynne is supposed to be a sympathetic character?

Sara Shepard
- Done
- Art
- Character