#teach

My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.' ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#her #how #i #lake #learned

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#began #i #immigration #issue #needed

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#contact #distraction #good #gratifying #i

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#frankly #only #our #profession #quite

For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set. ↗

— Quintilian

#easier #mind #set #teach

When I look back now I realize I was such an obnoxious kid but, you know, I went to schools like you, like a public school in New York so compared to the anarchy that was going on there, they really wouldn't - I wasn't like a bad kid. I saw people come in and punch the teachers. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#back #bad #bad kid #come #compared

Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance. ↗

— Zachary Quinto

#children #need #parents #principles #respect

I'd like to think I'm a great teacher. ↗

— Gordon Ramsay

#i #like #teacher #think

My wife, a schoolteacher, very disciplined. If you think I'm tough, trust me, and wait till you see when the children are on the naughty step. It's hilarious. So we decided that I'm going to work like a donkey and provide amazing support for the family. ↗

— Gordon Ramsay

#children #decided #disciplined #donkey #family

My father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school. ↗

— Gordon Ramsay

#before #father #school #swim #teacher