Scandal has a thousand stringers; good news doesn't know the editor's phone number.

Good English, well spoken and well written will open more doors than a college degree... Bad English will slam doors you don't even know exist.

And, yes, words matter. They may reflect reality, but they also have the power to change reality - the power to uplift and to abase.

People who believe a problem can be solved tend to get busy solving it.

It is a mistake to suppose that requiring the nonmathematical to take more advanced math courses will enhance their understanding and not merely exacerbate their sense of inadequacy.

It's always illegitimate for white men to organize as white men.

Knowledge is never enough. Even action, if it's just following a prescribed way, will never fully express your potential.

The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing.

We both want you dead. I'm bringing the friendship bracelets to the next meeting.

At the beginning of the week, I roast a ton of vegetables so I can use them for the next few days. I also plan out meals in advance.

She's an old lady and she's ill. You just hold your head high and be a gentleman. Whatever she says to you, it's your job not to let her make you mad.

Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor.

The Dalai Lama challenged me - he said, 'Why can't you use technological tools to study kindness and compassion?

I mostly write short stories. They are best written in a continuous creative process. You have a feel of immediacy.

It's really about putting that sort of quality and beauty back into our life.

With you, intimacy colors my voice. Even 'hello' sounds like 'come here'.