It was so much fun to have the freedom to wander America, with no assignments. For 25 or 30 years I never had an assignment. These were all stories I wanted to do myself.

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor them enough, we don't pay them enough.

It was cold out there, bitter, biting, cutting, piercing, hyperborean, marmoreal cold, and there were all these Minnesotans running around outdoors, happy as lambs in the spring.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.

...Pomeranians speak only to Poodles and Poodles speak only to God.

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.

There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority.

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat and singing a cheerful song.

Start planning from your internal or spiritual view of things. The external view always has a way of distorting, discouraging and limiting your dream.

Man thalabal ‘ula sahiral layali.” He who wants glory will work late into the night. -184

Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them.

I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.

This isn't brain surgery; it's just television.

I know I said sometimes I wear clothes but apparently I lied...I'm only packing swimsuits.

At midnight tears Run into your ears.

I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.

Just media alone is not enough. You have to have organization.

Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.