"American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows"

"A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching"

"Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher"

"Find a good teacher, don't betray yourself to succeed and be a better person before being a better actor"

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them"

"Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one"

"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances"

"I'd like to run for office someday, but I'm afraid my ability to spell might give me an unfair advantage"

"I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats"

"Every disadvantage has its advantage"

"I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a lot of my learning came from magic books and watching other magicians. I was also very lucky that I had a couple of really good magic teachers"