Teaching Quotes

Small: What she did was to open our eyes to details of country life such as teaching us names of wild flowers and get
"What she did was to open our eyes to details of country life such as teaching us names of wild flowers and getting us to draw and paint and learn poetry"
Laurie Lee, Poet
Small: Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is
"Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain"
Fawn M. Brodie, Author
Small: So many schools have cut the music classes out of their curriculum. Were trying to fill that gap by teaching t
"So many schools have cut the music classes out of their curriculum. We're trying to fill that gap by teaching the teachers how to educate the kids about their musical heritage"
Margaret Whiting, Musician
Small: There is no teaching to compare with example
"There is no teaching to compare with example"
Robert Powell, Actor
Small: However, I should perhaps add that during the 20 years I have been back in Cambridge, I have been actively inv
"However, I should perhaps add that during the 20 years I have been back in Cambridge, I have been actively involved in the teaching of undergraduates, as well as of course supervising research students"
Aaron Klug, Physicist
Small: Lees great gifts are teaching and inspirational guidance, not administration and management
Cheryl Crawford
"Lee's great gifts are teaching and inspirational guidance, not administration and management"
Cheryl Crawford, Actress
Small: A practical part of my teaching is to provide demonstrative, hands-on experiences
"A practical part of my teaching is to provide demonstrative, hands-on experiences"
Edward Tufte, Educator
Small: Teach success before teaching responsibility. Teach them to believe in themselves. Teach them to think, Im not
"Teach success before teaching responsibility. Teach them to believe in themselves. Teach them to think, 'I'm not stupid'. No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed"
Al Green, Musician
Small: Teaching man his relatively small sphere in the creation, it also encourages him by its lessons of the unity o
Annie Jump Cannon
"Teaching man his relatively small sphere in the creation, it also encourages him by its lessons of the unity of Nature and shows him that his power of comprehension allies him with the great intelligence over-reaching all"
Annie Jump Cannon, Scientist
Small: I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true
"I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true"
Louise Fletcher, Actress
Small: I like teaching and the contact with young minds keeps one on ones toes
"I like teaching and the contact with young minds keeps one on one's toes"
Aaron Klug, Physicist
Small: One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening
"One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: Im now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to se
"I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward
"The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward"
John Knowles, Novelist
Small: TV is bigger than any story it reports. Its the greatest teaching tool since the printing press
"TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press"
Fred W. Friendly, Producer
Small: When language was not transcendental enough to complete the meaning of a revelation, symbols were relied upon
"When language was not transcendental enough to complete the meaning of a revelation, symbols were relied upon for heavenly teaching, and familiar images, chosen from the known, were made to mirror the unknown spiritual truth"
William H. Hunt, Soldier
Small: Sometimes I think war is Gods way of teaching us geography
"Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography"
Paul Rodriguez, Comedian
Small: My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my
"My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate on the essential issues of programming rather than on details of language and notation"
Niklaus Wirth, Scientist
Small: I did end up doing substitute teaching, but theres not a lot of teaching involved in that
"I did end up doing substitute teaching, but there's not a lot of teaching involved in that"
Todd Barry, Comedian
Small: Now that its officially summer, heres my advice to parents who want to continue teaching their kids during the
"Now that it's officially summer, here's my advice to parents who want to continue teaching their kids during the next two months and learn something themselves: visit Civil War battlefields"
Marvin Olasky, Educator
Small: You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talkin
"You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os"
Oscar Robertson, Athlete
Small: I think that teaching coaches are the norm now
"I think that teaching coaches are the norm now"
Oscar Robertson, Athlete
Small: Delaware State began as a school bent on service - teaching education, social services and nursing
"Delaware State began as a school bent on service - teaching education, social services and nursing"
Michael N. Castle, Politician
Small: Through my music teaching and my not absolutely irregular attendance at church, I became acquainted with the b
"Through my music teaching and my not absolutely irregular attendance at church, I became acquainted with the best class of colored people in Jacksonville"
James Weldon Johnson, Poet
Small: This also is a part of the teaching of the Church, that there are certain angels of God, and certain good infl
"This also is a part of the teaching of the Church, that there are certain angels of God, and certain good influences, which are His servants in accomplishing the salvation of men"
Origen, Theologian
Small: I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I w
"I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role"
Sanaa Lathan, Actress
Small: The teachers were focused on helping these students. The students benefited from hands-on teaching and a facul
"The teachers were focused on helping these students. The students benefited from hands-on teaching and a faculty who cared about them and their success in life and soon the students began to believe in themselves and the reality that they could make something of their lives"
Michael N. Castle, Politician
Small: I need to tell the world what Im about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to l
"I need to tell the world what I'm about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn't want it to be"
Ricky Martin, Musician
Small: John was the smartest and most amazing comedian Ive ever worked with. I think more than teaching me about acti
Kaley Cuoco
"John was the smartest and most amazing comedian I've ever worked with. I think more than teaching me about acting or comedy, he taught me about life and the love of people and respect of people"
Kaley Cuoco, Actress
Small: The Church has never changed its teaching on the sanctity of human life - it didnt make up a rule for the conv
"The Church has never changed its teaching on the sanctity of human life - it didn't make up a rule for the convenience of a particular time like a rule at a country club as the Governor would have us believe"
Wellington Mara, Businessman
Small: I had professional stunt racers teaching me how to drive
Devon Aoki
"I had professional stunt racers teaching me how to drive"
Devon Aoki, Model
Small: Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone th
"Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong"
Ricky Martin, Musician
Small: Buddhas teaching are very simple, you dont have to break your head to understand the message. The part that I
"Buddha's teaching are very simple, you don't have to break your head to understand the message. The part that I like the most from Buddha's teachings and from His Holiness, The Dalai Lama, is that the most powerful weapon is to not attack, to be able to have self-control"
Ricky Martin, Musician
Small: It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri
"It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri"
Dan Simmons, Author
Small: Im not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids
"I'm not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids"
Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer
Small: I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the dail
"I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight"
Venerable Bede, Clergyman
Small: I was aiming for the cooks that Ive talked to by teaching an online course and by traveling, listening to peop
"I was aiming for the cooks that I've talked to by teaching an online course and by traveling, listening to people who are really busy and harried but want to be cooking"
Sally Schneider, Writer
Small: When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr.
"When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive; great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement"
Jonathan Kozol, Writer
Small: They taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because th
"They taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer"
Miroslav Vitous, Musician
Small: What I think we can do is help individuals understand the church teaching, but also maybe help the church unde
"What I think we can do is help individuals understand the church teaching, but also maybe help the church understand the viewpoint of lay men and women about what they want in regard to priests, or how do they want the hierarchy to deal with them?"
William P. Leahy, Educator