“I think only a person who's studied WITH someone for many years is in a position to voice a true opinion about a particular teacher.” ThinkingYearsPersonsVoiceOpinionTeacherPositionParticularEnlightened Author:Frederick Lenz
“A teacher is there to laugh at you because you have such a high opinion of yourself that you need to be laughed at. You need to sense how small we all are.” NeedsOpinionLaughingTeacherEnlightenedLaughed Author:Frederick Lenz
“Teachers ... preach "the superiority of the intelligence"; but they preach it because in their opinion it is the intelligence which shows us the actions required for our interests, i.e. from exactly the same passion for the practical.” ShowsActionPassionInterestOpinionTeacherPracticalsSuperiority Book:The Treason of the Intellectuals Source: The Treason of the Intellectuals
“You're either a rationalist, or you're not. And the good news is a recent poll found 20% of adults under 30 say they are rationalists, and have figured out that Santa Claus and Jesus are really the same guy. Now, 20% is hardly a majority. But it's a bigger minority than blacks, jews, homosexuals, NRA members, teachers, or seniors... and it's certainly enough to stop being shy about expressing the opinion that we're not the crazy ones!” EnoughGuyFoundJesusOpinionTeacherCrazyMembersNewsAdultsBiggerMajorityJewMinoritiesShySeniorHomosexualGood NewsPollsSantaSanta ClausNraBeing Shy Author:Bill Maher
“I had a great acting teacher in high school. But I didnt like acting because it took too many people to get the job done. You have to talk to too many people and listen to others opinions. With music, you get a few friends together and just make it.” PeopleDoneSchoolTogetherJobsActingOpinionTeacherHigh SchoolGet The Job DoneFew FriendsOthers OpinionsActing Teachers Author:Hugh Dillon
“Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.” HandsOpinionGreaterTeacherTeachingGreater Power Author:Sophocles
“If a teacher have any opinion which he wishes to conceal, his pupils will become as fully indoctrinated into that as into any which he publishes.” IfsWishEducationOpinionTeacherPublishPupils Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“The teachers that we actually learn more from are the ones that taught us life lessons more than trigonometry. And they have such a huge responsibility and they're under-appreciated and underpaid. So that's my opinion of teachers.” ResponsibilityOpinionTeacherTaughtHugeLessonsLife LessonAppreciatedTaught UsUnderpaidTrigonometry Author:Justin Timberlake
“If nature be regarded as the teacher and we poor human beings as her pupils, the human race presents a very curious picture. We all sit together at a lecture and possess the necessary principles for understanding it, yet we always pay more attention to the chatter of our fellow students than to the lecturer's discourse. Or, if our neighbor copies something down, we sneak it from him, stealing what he himself may have heard imperfectly, and add it to our own errors of spelling and opinion.” IfsHumansMayTogetherUnderstandingHuman BeingsPoorPayRaceAttentionOpinionPrinciplesTeacherHeardStudentsFellowsAddErrorsNeighborStealingCuriousHuman RaceCopiesDiscourseLecturesPupilsSneakSpellingLecturerChatter Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg