Cherishing children is the mark of a civilized society.

There is a young and impressionable mind out there that is hungry for information. It has latched on to an electronic tube as its main source of nourishment.

It’s not whether children learn from television, it’s what children learn from television... because everything that children see on television is teaching them something.

The question for me was, could TV actually teach? I knew it could, because I knew 3-year-olds who sang beer commercials!

I wish I could tell you that the Children's Television Workshop and Sesame Street were thanks to my genius, but it really was a lucky break.

Probably any successful career has X number of breaks in it, and maybe the difference between successful people and those who aren't super achievers is taking advantage of those breaks.

I wish I could tell you that the Children's Television Workshop and Sesame Street were thanks to my genius but it really was a lucky break.

Probably any successful career has "X" number of breaks in it and maybe the difference between successful people and those who aren't superachievers is taking advantage of those breaks.

Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

When you live in surrender, something comes through you into the world of duality that is not of this world.

You might be a redneck if you're turned on by a woman who can field dress a deer.

The sun is within me and so is the moon.

It makes you very cool," he said, taking big, jumping steps to get in front of me. "CNN would interview you, for sure. Daughter of Flobie! But don't worry. I'll keep them back!

My worst work happens when I get obedient.

Through love scraps of copper are turned to gold.

Look at all the drug busts all over the country. There must be an audience there somewhere. My feeling is that if we're losing the war on drugs, let's do a movie for the enemy.