Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves, and each time that we try to teach them too quickly, we keep them from reinventing it themselves.

The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.

When you teach a child something you take away forever his chance of discovering it for himself.

Every time we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself. On the other hand, that which we allow him to discover for himself will remain with him visible for the rest of his life.

Play is the work of childhood.

Children require long, uniterrupted periods of play and exploration

Play is the answer to how anything new comes about.

Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do.

Teaching means creating situations where structures can be discovered.

Experience precedes understanding.

What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see.

Man, what are you talking about? Me in chains? You may fetter my leg but my will, not even Zeus himself can overpower.

I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assume, progressed a great deal over the millennia. Human technology? Of course. Human beings? Hardly.

I had one of those headaches. It kept pounding and got into that crazy realm where the guillotine seems like a good idea.

You're still the same Ramsey I danced with, " he said softly.

I've finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?

Self-sufficiency is both a good and an absolute good.

I would be very, very bored doing light little comedies for my entire career.

I am wrestling with the overalls trend. I wore so many pairs in junior high, and no one thought they were cute. Perhaps I'll try them cuffed with a tasteful crop top?

I favor an aggressive expansion of America's intelligence capabilities domestically and around the world.

Beached under the spumy blooms, we lie Sea-sick and fever-dry.