Teacher Quotes - Page 38

• Loss is the hardest thing, I said. But it's also the teacher that's the most difficult to ignore.

  Dean Koontz

  Loss, Said, Difficult

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.1003, Bantam

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• The voice belonged to Mr. Pzyrbovich, an algebra teacher who was always called Mr. P, for obvious reasons. He has a heavy accent, which a lot of kids said made him hard to understand, although to be fair some of these kids would have never understood algebra anyway.

  Dave Barry

  Kids, Voice, Reason

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• The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, 'Overwhelming feeling of dread.' That was going to go over nicely.

  Anne Ursu

  Feelings, Would Be, Bells

  Anne Ursu (2008). “The Siren Song”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• you're a product just as much. a product of a product. the people who design cars, they're products, your teachers, products. the minister in your church, another product.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  People, Car, Design

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Invisible Monsters: A Novel”, p.217, W. W. Norton & Company

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• I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special, looking for someone, anyone to sit next to. A predator approaches: gray jock buzz cut, whistle around a neck thicker than his head. Probably a social studies teacher, hired to coach a blood sport.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Sports, Zebras, Cutting

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.5, Macmillan

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• That morning she pours Teacher's over my belly and licks it off. That afternoon she tries to jump out the window.

  Raymond Carver

  Morning, Trying, Afternoon

  Raymond Carver (2015). “Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories”, p.130, Vintage

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• They called themselves The Souls. They told Ms. Olinski that they were The Souls before they were a team, but she told them that they were a team as soon as they became The Souls. Then after a while, teacher and team agreed that they were arguing chicken-or-egg. Whichever way it began--chicken-or-egg, team-or-The Souls--it definitely ended with an egg. Definitely, an egg.

  E. L. Konigsburg

  Team, Eggs, Soul

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• NEW RULE: 'Kidiots' Leave the children behind. At least until they learn something. A new study has shown that half of American high schools agree that newspapers should only be able to publish government-approved material. Almost one out of five said people should not be allowed to voice unpopular opinions..This is the first generation after September 11th, who discovered news during a 'watch what you say' administration...George W. Bush once asked, 'is our children learning.' No, they isn't. A better question would be, 'is our teacher's teaching?

  Bill Maher

  Children, Teaching, School

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• Most schools have a loud system of loud bells, which startle the students and teachers at regular intervals and remind them that time is passing even more slowly than it seems.

  Daniel Handler

  School, Bells, Students

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• No teacher has ever failed from ignorance. That is empiric professional knowledge. Teachers fail because they cannot `handle the class.' Real education must ultimately be limited to men how INSIST on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

  Ezra Pound

  Real, Ignorance, Men

  ABC of Reading (1934) ch. 8

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• A child her wayward pencil drew On margins of her book; Garlands of flower, dancing elves, Bud, butterfly, and brook, Lessons undone, and plum forgot, Seeking with hand and heart The teacher whom she learned to love Before she knew t'was Art.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Art, Children, Flower

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• But nothing was a important as escaping Evernight or the ‘destiny’ my parents and teachers had decided for me. I had only one chance to be free and to be with the guy I loved. I intended to take it.

  Claudia Gray

  Destiny, Escaping, Guy

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• Truth is not to be found outside. No teacher, no scripture can give it to you. It is inside you and if you wish to attain it, seek your own company. Be with yourself.

  Rajneesh

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

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• Not fault of teaching spider if little spider pay more attention to catching fly than doing lesson.

  Anne Bishop

  Inspirational, Teaching, Spiders

  Anne Bishop (2003). “The black jewels trilogy”, Roc

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• A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God?

  Stephen Colbert

  Children, Father, Parenting

  "I Am America (And So Can You!)". Book by Stephen Colbert. Part One: "My American Childhood", Chapter One: "The Family", 2007.

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• Nathan Sutter," the teacher read. Here. My mother never calls me Nathan." Is it Nate?" She calls me Honeylips.

  Brandon Mull

  Mother, Call Me

  Brandon Mull (2014). “The Candy Shop War”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• Malfoy glanced around. Harry knew he was checking for signs of teachers. Then he looked back at Harry and said in a low voice, "You're dead, Potter." Harry raised his eyebrows. "Funny," he said, "you'd think I'd have stopped walking around.

  J. K. Rowling

  Thinking, Eyebrows, Voice

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• All I could think of was that the teachers must've found the illegal stash of candy I'd been selling out of my dorms room. Or maybe they'd realized I got my Essay on Tom Sawyer from the Internet without ever reading the book and now they were going to take away my grade. Or worse, they were going to make me read the book.

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Reading, Thinking

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.19, Penguin UK

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• Once I got over the fact that my Latin teacher was a horse, we had a nice tour, though I was careful not to walk behind him. I'd done pooper-scooper patrol in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade a few times, and, I'm sorry, I did not trust Chiron's back the the way I trusted his front.

  Rick Riordan

  Horse, Sorry, Nice

  Rick Riordan (2006). “The lightning thief”

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• Professor Kettleburn, our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, retired at the end of last year in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs.

  J. K. Rowling

  Order, Years, Care

  "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban". www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• Teachers are the one and only people who save nations.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Education, People, Youth

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• The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or wonderfully funny; whose attitude is: "Tell me more. Tell me all you can. I want to understand more about everything you feel and know and all the changes inside and out of you. Let more come out." And if you have no such friend,--and you want to write,--well, then you must imagine one.

  Brenda Ueland

  Attitude, Love You, Writing

  Brenda Ueland (2013). “If You Want to Write”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• I never knew teachers are human beings like everybody else-- and better too!

  William Saroyan

  Humans, Human Beings

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• I will have to rely on that painful teacher, experience.

  Kirby Larson

  Painful, Rely

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.14, Yearling

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• I’ve been thinking,” he said. “Which is not an easy thing for a teacher to admit to.

  John Barnes

  Thinking, Easy, Said

  John Barnes (2009). “Tales of the Madman Underground”, p.295, Penguin

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