As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost. (Quote by - Margaret Mead)

As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor. (Quote by - Barry Commoner)

As they work hard for our children, America's teachers often reach into their own pockets to make sure they have the best classroom supplies. I feel strongly that the federal government should help make up for their personal financial burden. (Quote by - John Warner)

Aside from a few master teachers that we have had over the years, this has been a completely local talent development. But people have started to come now from Chicago, we have a number of students from Chicago and different places of the country and even in the world. (Quote by - Katherine Dunham)

At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them. (Quote by - Laura Linney)

At that time, the academic orientation was rather technical contrary to that of the university, where art theory is very important. The teachers were renowned artists and among the best of that time. (Quote by - Ralph Allen)

At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children. (Quote by - Mark Kennedy)

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. (Quote by - Charles William Eliot)

But in any case, I did poorly on the tests and so, in the first three years of school, I had teachers who thought I was stupid and when people think you're stupid, they have low expectations for you. (Quote by - Robert Sternberg)

But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers. (Quote by - Frederic William Farrar)

Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures - they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself. (Quote by - Sonny Perdue)

Our educational results lag behind other states, and other nations, but worse still, behind the potential of the kids and the devoted teachers in our classrooms. (Quote by - Mitch Daniels)

Our highly qualified teachers not only work hard, but they care about each and every student that enters their classroom. I thank you, Montana teachers, for your sense of duty and compassion to our precious future generation. (Quote by - Conrad Burns)

Our record number of teenagers must become our record number of high school and college graduates and our record number of teachers, scientists, doctors, lawyers, and skilled professionals. (Quote by - Ruben Hinojosa)

Our teachers are responsible for our children's welfare for the six or eight hours they are at school and we need to know without question that their safety will be paramount on the minds of teachers, faculty and volunteers. (Quote by - Mike Fitzpatrick)

Parents are your teachers until a certain point, and if they don't give you love, you'll go somewhere else to find it. (Quote by - Marguerite Moreau)

Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs and capacities of individual kids can be taken into account. (Quote by - Hugh Mackay)

Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so that they are physically unable to keep up with the class. (Quote by - C. Everett Koop)

Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us. (Quote by - Roald Dahl)

Realistically, I think we are not prepared to go home until we do get more teachers and lower class sizes. (Quote by - John Podesta)

Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers. (Quote by - Lloyd Alexander)

Since the conception of our country, America has held that parents, not schools, teachers, and certainly not courts, hold the primary responsibility of educating their children. (Quote by - John Doolittle)

Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles. (Quote by - Xun Zi)

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. (Quote by - Margaret Whiting)

It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so. (Quote by - Eduard Shevardnadze)