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.

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

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

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.

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.

Truth in art is the unity of a thing with itself

I had given up the church, more because of its complicity with slavery than from a full understanding of the foolishness of its creeds.

After sealing the door, Alqash went to the river to cleanse the blood from his hands and the dagger, and also to wash his hands of the faith that he had forfeited in exchange for short-lived riches.

If you're not sure what you want, then hold back from making plans or responding to invitations until you have a chance to think about it.

All of my life people have thought of me as Bing Crosby's daughter. Now they'll remember me as the person who shot J.R.

It's not easy to take three ships out of service.

I'm not inspired by songwriting at all; that took place years ago. I'm pretty well established, as far as my influences go. I don't listen to music anymore. It all sounds the same to me.

Create a minimal viable product or website, launch it, and get feedback.

The only way to save our dreams is by being generous with ourselves.

I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.