A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on the way to totalitarianism and death

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.

It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think.

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books.

Football, fraternities and fun have no place in the university. They were introduced only to entertain those who shouldn't be in the university.

This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your fault.

The best education for the best is the best education for all.

College football: I do not see the relationship of those highly industrialized affairs on Saturday afternoons to higher learning in America.

For those who are going to learn from books, learning the art of reading would seem to be indispensable.

Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view.

I believe in what you see is what you get, but I also believe in what you see is getting better!

You need not to hide your relationship with someone to stay in touch with other... If you are doing so, you can't be loyal to any.

Eventually we all must return home.

You can talk to someone relatively famous, and they say, 'What do you do? What do you do for a job?' and I say, 'I make documentaries for the BBC, ' and you see their eyes just glaze over.

Negative thoughts stick around because we believe them, not because we want them or choose them.

You're Only the fairest when your fairest to yourself

Our necessities are few, but our wants are endless.

I think we're all safer when the police respect the communities they're supposed to serve, and the communities respect the law.

You can't wake up looking for the recession.

Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.