Adolescence is about digging out the iron inside irony.

One or two bad teachers is a problem with the teachers. A school with many bad teachers is a problem of leadership.

There is no algorithm for creativity.

The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning.

We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers.

High performing organizations have cultures of creativity and risk. They encourage workers to innovate and play.

Teachers create and transform energy. They are the dynamos of educational change.

It's important to be innovative when times are prosperous. It's essential to be innovative when they are not.

Standardized personalization=universal right to meaningful learning. Personalized standardization=flexible access to mandated learning.

The bags that teachers carry home symbolize their guilt about the endless care they have to give.

We must never return to the Julie Andrews curriculum where we teach "a few of my favorite things"!

She may be dressed in black from head to toe, but she is still the brightest thing in my universe.

Only kindness is spreadable

Letting go of its good players, like Özil, the ones who know how to play football – that did surprise me.

I think that chain stores in general are really super depressing and I think it really sucks the life out of a city such as San Francisco.

People are interested if you tell stories well and relevantly.

Don't be afraid to take a chance, to jump. Because death will always swallow you up anyway. Death is a friend; it encourages us to become aware, to become free.

Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give the world your best anyway.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.

Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.

The enemies of American civilization-- for such are the enemies of slavery-- seem to be more on the alert than its friends.