Teacher Quotes

“Children are already accustomed to a world that moves faster and is more exciting than anything a teacher in front of a classroom can do.”

— Major Owens

“He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't say the 'guru' - but really he was our teacher and a most respected man. I wrote for the paper of the youth movement.”

— Shimon Peres

“I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher.”

— Mark Ruffalo

“As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.”

— Max Beerbohm

“There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.”

— Audre Lorde

“Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.”

— Yoko Ono

“I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence.”

— Andrew Shue

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

— Dakota Fanning

“We expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter.”

— Donald Norman

“I'd like to think I'm a great teacher.”

— Gordon Ramsay

“What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.”

— Helen Keller

“My brother's a teacher in Costa Rica and actually does a more important and significant job than I will ever do.”

— Dominic Monaghan

“Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.”

— Bodhidharma

“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

“I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.”

— Temple Grandin