Teachers quotes

“I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.”
Lily Tomlin

“Every Monday, you will have a practice quiz. Every Wednesday, you will have a real quiz. Every Friday, you will have an exam. And any time I feel like it, you will have a surprise quiz or exam.”

Claudia Wilkens - Mrs. Madigan

“- Annie: Mrs. Burbridge, would you come over here for a moment? Has it escaped your attention that these children have head to toe poison oak?
- Adele Burbridge: Well no, I... well yes, but...
- Annie: But what? My children are in need of medical assistance! And you can sit here and smugly lecture me on the importance of tests? Tests which exist...” (continue)(continue reading)
Goldie Hawn - Annie
Doris Hess - Adele Burbridge

“You're not God, Nickerson. You're just a typing teacher.”
Tom Cruise - Stefen Djordjevic

“They need protection. They are kids. They are not adults.”

Marisa Tomei - Gwen Kolinsky

“- Timo Cruz: Teachers ain't supposed to touch students.
- Coach Ken Carter: I'm not a teacher. I'm the new basketball coach.”
Rick Gonzalez - Timo Cruz
Samuel L. Jackson - Coach Ken Carter

“I wanted to be an English teacher.”
John Krasinski

“Martin-You've got your students. They're gonna remember you forever.
Peter-They're gonna forget all about us the moment they're out the door.”
Mads Mikkelsen - Martin
Lars Ranthe - Peter

Michael Kelso-I say do it with her.
Eric Forman-Kelso, your solution to everything is "Do it with her".
Michael Kelso-Hey, it worked on my science teacher. C minus.
Ashton Kutcher - Michael Kelso
Christopher Grace - Eric Forman

Last night as I was grading papers, I came across two gems both entitled "Cells are Bad" and both with just one paragraph which I unfortunately committed to memory: "Cells are bad. My uncle lives in a cell. It's ten foot by twelve and he has to read the same boring, old magazine everyday. The end".
David Duchovny - Ira

“- Sam Coulson: All I can tell you is that when you're my age, guys will be lined up around the corner for you.
- Josie Geller: You have to say that because you're my teacher.
- Sam Coulson: Actually, I shouldn't say that because I'm your teacher.”
Michael Vartan - Sam Coulson
Drew Barrymore - Josie Geller

“- Stinger: They gave you your choice of duty, son. Anything, anywhere. Do you believe that shit? Where do you think you wanna go?
- Maverick: I thought of being an instructor, sir.
- Stinger: Top Gun?
- Maverick: Yes, sir.
- Stinger: God help us.”
James Tolkan - Stinger
Tom Cruise - Maverick

“Hiyah class, I'm your cool new teacher, not some scary guy with a secret evil agenda.”
Nick Kroll - Professor Poopypants

“Don't listen to what your teachers tell you, you know. Don't pay attention. Just, just see what they look like and that's how you'll know what life is really gonna be like.”
Woody Allen - Cliff Stern

“It's my job to make great students greater, not make mediocre students less mediocre.”
Helen Mirren - Dean Hardscrabble

Your work, Mr. Churner, is very reminiscent of a young man who sat in that same chair some 20 years ago. He, too, had the words "No future" printed on his forehead. Do give your father my best.

Helen Mirren - Mrs. Tingle

“You've worked very hard. All of you. You've grown, as athletes and individuals. You've learnt a lot. We've all learned a lot. As Miss Wade would say; a teacher also learns from his students. Today, you have the chance to be the greatest martial artists in the world. It's up to you. If you give everything you've got, everything, you'll be...” (continue)(continue reading)
James Earl Jones - Frank Couzo

- Haywood: Is that a threat, Mrs. Grober?
- Patricia Grober: French teachers do not threaten, Monsieur. They say "S'il vous plait".
Michael Sinelnikoff - Haywood
Robin Bartlett - Patricia Grober

“- Mrs. Teevee: Loompaland? There's no such place.
- Willy Wonka: Excuse me, dear lady, but...
- Mrs. Teevee: Mr. Wonka, I am a teacher of geography.
- Willy Wonka: Oh, well, then you know all about it and what a terrible country it is.”
Nora Denney - Mrs. Teevee
Gene Wilder - Willy Wonka

“A teacher has two jobs: fill young minds with knowledge, yes, but more important, give those minds a compass so that that knowledge doesn't go to waste.”
Olympia Dukakis - Principal Helen Jacobs

“- Mr. Krupp: Big announcement: Our science teacher, Mr. Fyde, is no longer with us.
- Sad Girl: He's dead?
- Mr. Krupp: What? No, not like that. He wanted to spend Saturday with his family. So I fired him. I'll find a replacement next week.”
Ed Helms - Mr. Krupp
Tiffany Lauren Bennicke - Sad Girl

“I told their teacher to beat them. He beat them so well that this one's going to the university.”

Paul Muni - Wang

“- Ralphie: [giving his teacher a fruit basket instead of just an apple] I thought you might like something different.
- Ralphie as an Adult: [narrating] Yes, clearly, a little bribe never hurts.”
Peter Billingsley - Ralphie
Jean Shepherd - Ralphie as an Adult

“A great teacher has little external history to record. His life goes over into other lives. These men are pillars in the intimate structure of our schools. They are more essential than its stones or beams, and they will continue to be a kindling force and a revealing power in our lives.”
Rahul Khanna - Older Deepak Mehta

“We're the teachers, and in our classroom two and two can add up to five if we say it does.”
Jim Belushi - Det. Frank Divinci