Fear of failure is the fuel of achievement. If you weren't afraid to fail, you probably wouldn't be highly motivated to work at the level that most of us have to work at to do well.

When ownership is local and national, and various stakeholders work together, program innovations have a greater chance to take root and survive.

I came to understand the value of education, not just to enable me to make a good living, but to enable me to make a worthwhile life.

There's nothing worse than a leader who lacks ambition.

The humanities don't belong to some elitist group... knowledge as a whole should be embraced.

the most important thing one can do for children is not accept the limitations they are so willing to impose on themselves.

Strategies for research and policy development must simultaneously address people's needs, the capacity of programs to provide good quality of care, and the range of technological options available.

There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are more tolerant of this approach.

A longer time perspective is needed because we face a daunting task both in an intellectual and practical sense.

If I can give a very substantial injection of humanistic thinking into corporations, boy, that would change things a lot.

If you want to scale-up, the first thing you have to do is to expand your own team.

There would be no obstacles to overcome. We won’t fight for joy in heaven. But we are not there yet.

Now and then, I remember you in timesUnbelievable. And in places not made for memoryBut for the transient, the passing that does not remain.

It's a nebulous thing, but it is my belief—my experience also—that women do not have the need to collect that men have.

Give life long enough and it will solve all your problems, including the one of being alive.

Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words.

The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.

What does the good ship bear so well? The cocoa-nut with its stony shell, And the milky sap of its inner cell.

Whatever trips you make, you must still have nature in your eye.

My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation.

I don't want to put a pause on the rest of my life; I'm really enjoying getting older and the wisdom that comes from that.