A good teacher is a determined person. – Gilbert Highet

All I wanted was to be a university teacher. – Jalal Talabani

A teacher is a person who never says anything once. – Howard Nemerov

A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences. – Amos Bronson Alcott

And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It’s been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you’ll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak. – Dave Winfield

A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter. – Wallace Stegner

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. – Horace Mann

I got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can’t think of a profession I have more respect for. – Jon Hamm

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be. – Scott Hamilton

I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano. – Carla Bley

I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher. – Mark Ruffalo

Do I think it’s OK to fight authority as long as you’re only talking about the high school teacher? No. – John Mellencamp