funny teacher quotes

History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the pedestal. Columns, arches, pyramids, what are they but heaps of sand; and their epitaphs, but characters written in the dust? ~Washington Irving, The Sketch Book: Westminster Abbey



No man is a failure who is enjoying life. ~William Feather



The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm. ~Samuel Johnson



Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater. ~Roman Polanski



One is a member of a country, a profession, a civilization, a religion. One is not just a man. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Wartime Writings 1939-1944, translated from French by Norah Purcell



He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. ~Charles Caleb Colton



Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him. ~Louis L'Armour



Responsibility: A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911



Every survival kit should include a sense of humor. ~Author Unknown



Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. ~Roger Lewin



The tender friendships one gives up, on parting, leave their bite on the heart, but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Southern Mail, 1929, translated from French by Curtis Cate



Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. ~Confucius



Do not nurse a kid who wears braces. ~Author Unknown, "Nursing Mother Principle"



Junk mail, junk food, our society is full of junk living, period. ~Carrie Latet



Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. ~Robert Benchley



Of all debts, men are least willing to pay their taxes; what a satire this is on government. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson



"I" cannot reach fulfillment without "thou." The self cannot be self without other selves. Self-concern without other-concern is like a tributary that has no outward flow to the ocean. ~Martin Luther King, Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967



We all possess the thunder of pure fury and the calm breeze of tranquility. If it wasn't for tomorrow, how much would we get done today? Whatever your purpose... embrace it completely. Get lost in the clouds every now and then so you never lose sight of God's wonder. ~Paul Vitale



Who well lives, long lives; for this age of ours should not be numbered by years, days, and hours. ~Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Divine Weeks and Works, 1578



Art is an adventure that never seems to end. ~Jason, Los Cerros Middle School, 1999