It is a mistake to suppose that requiring the nonmathematical to take more advanced math courses will enhance their understanding and not merely exacerbate their sense of inadequacy.

Good English, well spoken and well written will open more doors than a college degree... Bad English will slam doors you don't even know exist.

And, yes, words matter. They may reflect reality, but they also have the power to change reality - the power to uplift and to abase.

Scandal has a thousand stringers; good news doesn't know the editor's phone number.

People who believe a problem can be solved tend to get busy solving it.

It's always illegitimate for white men to organize as white men.

Books were my passion and my escape from madness.

There is no real silence for the sensitive ears and there is no real tranquility for the sensitive hearts!

God doesn’t say to be perfect and you’ll get to heaven. He says to confess that you’re a sinner and come to the cross, and whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

We have a responsibility to disobey and violate unjust rules and laws.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

The thought of attention made me want to hide in a closet. I wasn't a kid who liked attention. I liked solitude and I still kind of do.

The sun machine is coming down, and we're gonna have a party.

A poet is one who can call forth the good latent in the human beast.

Sometimes good things the best things coincide fall apart.

I was a punk rocker when I was a teenager. I wanted to look like Nancy Spungen. I had dyed blonde hair and lots of piercings.