A rich, robust, well-resourced public education is one of the best routes out of poverty and a pathway to prosperity.

Mike Bloomberg may be a Republican these days. But he has been a Democrat for most of his adult life.

The reason they were designated as targets was to keep them from the witness stand and us. Is it just a coincidence that four years later they haven't been indicted

My gut reaction [on Betsy DeVos] was, oh, my God. We are now back into the education wars.

I can't imagine my life without books. My father was an electrical engineer, and my mother was a public school teacher. Books were an integral part of my childhood.

The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone.

I almost feel like it's an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure.

The best part about working is that you never know what you're going to learn when you start out.

the much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth.

The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void.

[Donald Trump] guru Steve Bannon is worse, he's much scarier. He probably knows what he's doing.

Demosthenes, when taunted by Pytheas that all his arguments "smelled of the lamp," replied, "Yes, but your lamp and mine, my friend, do not witness the same labours.

Snow is so beautiful, it doesn't have to be useful.

Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in.

I'll be Pavlov, you be the dog.