Mann There are two kinds of people: those who GIVE energy and those who DRAIN energy.

I guarantee the people who study are going to be successful. Nothing can replace hard work.

I wanted to find ways for colleges and universities to become involved with public schools to help young people prepare for college.

It is part of the work of education to have substantive relationships with your students.

It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure for cancer.

Rich kids work hard. Most black kids aren't working hard enough.

There is something exciting about being in an environment in which it's really cool to be smart.

I began to understand the challenges that first-generation college students and students of color have in college.

When you give of yourself, it's draining.

In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small percentage of women will be in computer science.

Most people don't realize that it's not just minorities who don't do well in science and engineering - quite frankly, you're talking about Americans.

I'm not here for the money

Dreaming great dreams.

Trust is just a choice. Someone can’t earn your trust if you don’t choose to let them, to give them the chance to show you.

The country has turned its loyal inhabitants into wanderers similar to the survivors of an apocalypse.

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.

To create a healthy philosophy you should renounce metaphysics but be a good mathematician.

The stream is always purer at its source.

Atrocities are human nature - they don't have political beliefs, color, creed or anything like that. They just happen, it's human.

I think if people give you their time and they haven't got any money then they deserve to get something. Not so that you bribe them to say things that they wouldn't otherwise say.