Academic failure contributes to poverty and poor health and undermines workforce productivity in ways that harm the entire society.

Nearly all problems of human behavior stem from our failure to ensure that people live in environments that nurture their well-being.

You will fall to ruin because you believe that exceptions to the rule make new rules.

I didn't really know why I wanted to go to college. I didn't really have a reason to go there other than the fact that everybody else was doing it.

Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.

That Bible is read best, which is practised most.

The power to regulate the economy is the same thing as the power to distribute favors.

There is a sort of Neo-Confederate thread that runs through these sort of pro-gun movements and the NRA movement.

The first step to be a good man is this: You must deeply feel the burden of the stones someone else carrying.

There really is no such thing as a sick child; there are children who happen to be sick. Think about it, and you will understand the magic of the Camps

Everyone gets drunk and makes out with the wrong guy sometimes.

To have grown wise and kind is real success.