Teacher Quotes

I'm home schooled, and I have a teacher that goes with me on all my movies.

Dakota Fanning
- Home
- Me
- Movies
My teacher, my great cello teacher Leonard Rose, was such a great cellist, and nurturing man, very patient. But I grew up not only admiring him, but obviously Casals, Rostrotovich, Jacqueline du Pre, and many others, including many of my peers and contemporaries.

Yo-Yo Ma
- Up
- Great
- Man

A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
- Candle
- Itself
- Consumes
I had a history teacher who taught us a lot about the Cold War. You had these examples of countries where the government had tried to manage the economy really intensely, and it ended up being bad for the citizens there. I found myself beginning to lean more right on economic issues.

Kristen Soltis Anderson
- Up
- War
- History
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Bill Gates
- People
- Thinking
- Success
I made video art for quite a long time, and I made this video covering myself in burgers and dancing to Major Lazer and doing covers of Britney Spears songs... I can't remember how I got there, but my teacher said he'd have to fail me because it had mild nudity.

Charli XCX
- Time
- Long
- Art
Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it.

Valerie Simpson
- Up
- Music
- Believe
The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.

Warren Buffett
- People
- Society
- Teacher