"I would advise you Sir, to study algebra, if you are not already an adept in it: your head would be less muddy, and you will leave off tormenting your neighbors about paper and packthread, while we all live together in a world that is bursting with sin and sorrow."

"Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate."

"Knowledge always demands increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but will afterwards always propagate itself."

"I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men"

"In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union."

"It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future."

"I was lucky. My parents and teachers provided me with a wonderful and secure childhood where I always knew I was loved, valued, and listened to."

"Parents, teachers, and other school staff need the tools to help these young people early in their lives. And the earlier, the better. It is proven that early action prevents problems later in life."

"The land of scholars, and the nurse of arms."

"Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder."

"Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs."

"I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line."

"Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands."

"There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies."

“Some kids want to know why the teachers get paid when it's the kids who have to do all the work.” 

“One teacher recently retired with a half-million dollars after 30 years of working hard, caring, dedicating herself and totally immensing herself in the problems of the students. That gave her $50. The rest of the money came from the death of a rich uncle.” 

“This is how it is today: The teachers are afraid of the principals. The principals are afraid of the superintendents. The superintendents are afraid of the board of education. The board is afraid of the parents. The parents are afraid of the children. The children are afraid of nothing!” 

My mother was a teacher.

“True teaching cannot be learned from text-books any more than a surgeon can acquire his skill by reading about surgery.”

“‎Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s offer schools a deal. Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the best ones. In return, grant schools flexibility: To teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test; and to replace teachers who just aren’t helping kids learn.” 

I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for.

“Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher.” 

My mentor in the transition from the old Gabriel Heatter and John Cameron Swayze way of doing things was David Brinkley. He brought an entirely different style to what we were doing.

“teachers who pander to minority students by turning their courses into rap sessions and ethnic navel-gazing exercises capture their interest and allegiance.”