• "If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of 'Roll Out The Barrel,' but will I ever be a concert pianist? No." - Alan Sugar Tweet
• "When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything." - Carla Bley Tweet
• "A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron." - Horace Mann Tweet
• "We're understanding what Obama is. He is the great teacher. He is this guy that stands above everybody. There's some condescension in it, but he stands above everybody and says, 'Now, listen. You people have to stop blaming each other unreasonably. You have to get along here and I am going to show you the way.' It is a pretty brave role in many ways." - Evan Thomas Tweet
• "I have good relationships with Hillary Clinton, Joseph Biden and especially Richard Holbrooke - he is my teacher. I learned a lot of great things from him." - Mikheil Saakashvili Tweet
• "None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots." - Thurgood Marshall Tweet
• "Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges." - Joyce Meyer Tweet
• "Experience is the teacher of all things." - Julius Caesar Tweet
• "There is no education system in the world - none at all - that's better than its average teacher." - David Puttnam Tweet
• "When a music teacher that I had at school was taken ill and we had a variety show and I had to fill in - that's when I realized I had a voice." - Lily Allen Tweet