Taylor Mali Quotes

That's what teaching is, the art of explanation: presenting the right information in the right order in a memorable way.

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.

Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true: Teachers? Teachers make a difference! Now what about you?

Teachers shouldn't make the mistake of always thinking they're the smartest person in the room

Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.

It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.

The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.

Everything I do is kind of a lesson, even if I am the only person who learns it.

You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor, and I can make a...

Who can teach when there are such lessons to be learned

Say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it.

Falling in love is like owning a dog.

The only thing that surprises me is the characterization of teachers as lazy and greedy. Only someone with very little understanding of what teaching requires would say such a thing.

Education is the miracle; I'm just the worker.

A poem is the perfect place to celebrate imperfection and exult in the ways you fall short of being the person you want to be.

We're the most aggressively inarticulate generation to come along since, you know, a long time ago!

The memory is a muscle, the more you use it, the stronger it gets.