Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education.

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

The cynic says, "One man can't do anything". I say, "Only one man can do anything."

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.

Creativity requires the freedom to consider unthinkable alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices.

I used to never get in a swimsuit. I used to feel so embarrassed about my skin and scars. I'm over that, it wasted too much of my time and I missed out on too much.

In this respect I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry. With his very emotive body language at the board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't.

We cleared many of their towns and cities and rural areas of al-Qaida Iraq and other insurgents.

The kids just aren't the same today.

If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.

In Rome, the emperor sat in a special part of the Colosseum called the Caesarian Section.

There's no underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

I do like talk shows. I'm interested in talking to people.

I guess I was a bit of a tomboy. I liked to catch frogs in the ditch, play soccer with my brother’s friends and play video games.

I think I have a newfound respect for what my parents did, to create two players - one who was really good and another who was pretty good.