I will say that if my wildest dreams come true, I will, like, wake up one day, and I will be Carol Dweck, right? Because she is like everything I want to be.

The parenting style that is good for grit is also the parenting style good for most other things: Be really, really demanding, and be very, very supportive.

My dad was not super-intentional in his parenting. He was very self-absorbed. I won't say mean or selfish per se, but very self-absorbed. I think he was just thinking out loud.

Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let's get to work on them.

Of all creatures on earth, in proportion to their size and weight, humans have the smallest footprint on the ground and the largest on the environment.

With four of the top ten most violent cities in America, Michigan will never fully flourish unless our governments can fulfill their basic task: protecting public safety.

I tend to stare at people and memorize what they're saying and how they say it.

Is this a fit time, said my father to himself, to talk of Pensions and Grenadiers?

Let's face it, all the good stuff happens after midnight.

When God says something, the argument is over.

It's not the worst thing to slap a woman now and then.

More people use guns to kill themselves than to kill others.

God will do nothing except you pray; and you have to be clear what you want

Keep your hopes up. Or down. Wherever you want them to be. Just have hope somewhere.