It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.

Not to teach the whole curriculum is to give up on the whole man.

The family is the American fascism.

The philosophic aim of education must be to get each one out of his isolated class and into the one humanity.

A good teacher feels his way, looking for response.

In America you can say anything you want - as long as it doesn't have any effect.

We certainly have at present the dismal situation that the most imaginative men are directed by a group, the top managers, who are among the least.

Few great men would have got past personnel.

When the sciences are supreme, average people lose their feeling of causality.

It takes application, a fine sense of value, and a powerful community-spirit for a people to have serious leisure, and this has not been the genius of the Americans.

The problem of translation is to retreat to a simpler tenor of one's own style and creatively adjust this to one's author.

Had I truly thought I would not die when he kissed me? But I did. For a moment the breath and life went out of me and there was no time and no tomorrow but only my lips against his.

If you can accept the indescribable nature of your true identity, you unveil the mystery of life.

Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths.

When you go to home plate with a lot of confidence, you feel that you can hit any pitch.

If we are in the same state of mind, we just self-reflect, things are dull and gray and kind of boring.

The successful man has enthusiasm. Good work is never done in cold blood; heat is needed for forge anything. Every great achievement is the story of a flaming heart.

You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.

There are parts [in Dodd-Frank] that I don't agree with. But, in total, it is what it is.

I've never once heard my mom complain about her stroke.

I love telling press the designers I'm wearing, especially if they are emerging. That's exciting to me, supporting talented newcomers.