Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. Its much too strict, but its a hell of a teacher. – Harlan Coben
My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me. He would tell us about Greenwich Village and show us the Village Voice and describe his life, but it was all sort of subversive and below the radar. – Gus Van Sant
Ive always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, its like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. Thats the actors craft – using yourself to create a character. – Robert Duvall
I didnt read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else. – Haruki Murakami
Do I think its OK to fight authority as long as youre only talking about the high school teacher? No. – John Mellencamp
He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was – I wouldnt say the guru – but really he was our teacher and a most respected man. I wrote for the paper of the youth movement. – Shimon Peres
As a teacher at Princeton, Im surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I dont really think of it as work – writing a novel, in one sense, is a problem-solving exercise. – Joyce Carol Oates
My job requires me to put on a little dress and run around the streets of New York in heels. But I also had the financial means to hire a yoga teacher to come to my house while my sitter watched the newborn. For 95 percent of the world, thats not realistic. – Sarah Jessica Parker
I can remember exactly where I sat when my teacher first read Roald Dahls James and the Giant Peach. – Dave Eggers
I dropped out of high school when I was 16, after I had a huge argument with my English teacher over the meaning of the word existentialism. – Craig Ferguson
I would probably be a teacher if I werent a comedian. – Brad Garrett
My brothers a teacher in Costa Rica and actually does a more important and significant job than I will ever do. – Dominic Monaghan
There are ways we can go do a better job of educating young moms and dads about the vital role they have as the childs first teacher. I think there are ways in which we can partner with local school districts and states to do a better job to provide nutrition options at school. – Tom Vilsack
Id like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me. – Alan Shepard
Once I understood Bachs music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world. – Nina Simone
Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing Ive ever done. – Katey Sagal
I claim Dickens as a mentor. Hes my teacher. Hes one of my driving forces. – Anne Rice
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boys mind from effort. – Quintilian
Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teachers sake. – George Farquhar
I kind of fell backwards into acting. I was studying to be a high school teacher. I look now and I understand completely, or actually barely, how much work it is to be a teacher. Its an incredible amount of work. – Nathan Fillion
