Resilience is woven deeply into the fabric of Oklahoma. Throw us an obstacle, and we grow stronger.

Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.

There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization.

In charting our course to the future, we are mindful of our path from the past.

No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.

If ever there was a time for true bipartisanship, it is today.

Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family and compassion for others. The unlimited promise of a hopeful future.

All books are either dreams or swords.

There are many things that make a man irritable when he arrives home from work in the evening and a sensible wife will usually notice the storm-signals and will leave him alone until he simmers down.

We live in a culture of violence.

Language itself is a major resource in the naming of what cannot be named

Knowledge is abundant, but wisdom is rare.

Some colors exist in dreams that are not present in the waking spectrum.

Boxing has kept me off the streets, stops me smoking and drinking and gives me something to do.

You can only be really happy when you become what you really are.

In life's rich beauty pageant we put children on a stage, said flash your soft white belly child, but just don't act your age.

Geniuses are commonly believed to excel other men in their power of sustained attention . . . But it is their genius making them attentive, not their attention making geniuses of them.