English Teacher Quotes

English Teacher Quote of the day

My grandmother was an English teacher for a while. And she stressed to me the importance of reading, being able to articulate well.

I'm into books – I love literature, so I toyed with the idea of being an English teacher. I had a fantastic English teacher at school. I think great English teachers make the world go round.

Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music.

I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me.

I didn't understand how funny this play Much Ado About Nothing truly was until I became an English teacher and had to teach it. There is no wittier dialogue anywhere.

My English teacher, he's like, he's like Mr. Bu-fu.

I never thought I'd be a person who would want to write books...I promise you not a single English teacher I've ever had would have thought that this would be going on right now.

Basically [I become a Republican], pretty early. I had an English teacher that got me to subscribe to the National Review.

My mother was an English teacher before she became a full-time mom, and a huge proponent of reading, so she made sure I was an early and vigorous reader.

In school [I wanted] to be an English teacher.

I'm crazy about Shakespeare, who was a notorious word inventor. And my wife is an English teacher, and she's hilarious.

I was also a good writer, by the way. My, you know, my English teacher and writing teacher loved my writing. You know, I wrote short stories and things like that. And they liked them very much.

I am especially indebted to a 10th grade English teacher who encouraged me to read great works of literature.

My task as a language arts teacher is to provide texts that are not so difficult that my students shut down in frustration and not so easy that my students don't push their thinking.

I wanted to be an English teacher. I wanted to do it for the corduroy jackets with patches on the side.