I always said, you have to have a goal and an objective in life.

It was my notion that teaching had to be thorough, it had to be well done, and it had to connect to something beyond the classroom; life.

I always - I knew from day one , in college, that I wanted to be a teacher .But I don't think I had envisioned becoming a professor at the time. I remained a history major until 1951.

We were never supposed to live until 40. We were built to self-destruct at 30, whether from cancer or mental illness. We're all going way beyond our expiration date.

I can remember at the age of about six being fascinated by the planets and learning all about Mars and Venus and things.

Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression.

I think [Anderson Cooper ] and me both enjoy working, and don't consider it "work," so as long as I'm having fun I will continue at this pace.

We don't turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.

The times are a-changing and if we don't we will sink like a stone.

The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.

Love doesn't ask why, speaks from the heart, and never explains.

What I hated most was seeing those priests and brothers getting so much pleasure out of inflicting pain. I wondered what was wrong with them.

I loved everyone who said yes to the world and tried to make it better instead of worse, because so much in the world was ugly- and just about all the ugly parts were due to humans.