In general, being independent is so liberating, you get to create without someone looking over your shoulders.

Man, I wouldn't know where to begin on education reform, but one thing we have to do is add teacher accountability WITHOUT stressing standardized test scores.

I hate to sound like an old fuddy duddy, but the game has changed.

Teachers literally break down at the thought that if their students have a bad a test day, their job is on the line.

Many people think you shouldn't stop kids from being kids, and I agree, but no one wants the worst case scenario on their hands. Better safe than sorry I say.

Never have one kid in the room with you, and avoid situations that would look suspect to a passerby.

I was taught from a young age that as a teacher, especially a male, you are to never be alone with a female, or even a male student.

These kids know so much these days, and are bigger, stronger and quicker mentally. We just have to find out how to use it for good and not evil.

Kids are great in that they keep you on your toes. They're like a puzzle... in a blender, haha. You have to take the pieces out and try to put it together on the fly.

When you have a great idea, and don't rush it, things can work itself out.

Anytime you have to sacrifice your art, or integrity, it's a bad deal, no matter what they're offering.

What you're missing is that the path itself changes you.

Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity.

Interest blinds some people, and enlightens others.

"We seem to have thought of everything - except the Arabs"

Well we're good friends so I'm a little prejudice, but I think [Hillary Clinton] is incredibly qualified, and better prepared to be president than almost anyone who's ever run frankly.

Dangerous he who thinks it safe to die!

There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over.

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale.

Be nice to everyone you meet. Because everyone is going through their own struggle.

A poet is a good citizen turned inside out.