Schooling after the second grade plays only a minor role in creating or reducing gaps.

Self-control, openness, the ability to engage with others, to plan and to persist - these are the attributes that get people in the door and on the job, and lead to productive lives.

Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the short and the long run.

Schools should look behind classroom doors and determine the factors that contribute to the kinds of interactions between teachers and students that promote student achievement.

We can change who we are. We can improve ourselves in various ways, and we can give ourselves possibilities.

Religion gives you a sense of certainty. It makes you feel that you have the right answers to really big questions and that youve grasped the truth.

My family life is a deep source of satisfaction.

It is imperative to change the way we look at education. We should invest in the foundation of school readiness from birth to age 5.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God.

If you wanted to know what a man was thinking, check the view from his favorite spot.

Attitude is the source of beauty, self-confidence, success and happiness.

You make it sound so simple.” “It is, for the most part. Love is complicated, it can be downright ugly, but with the two of you it can be nothing but beautiful in the end.

Is it or is it not a matter of importance that a young man starts out in life with an ability to shut his jaw hard and say "I will, " or "I will not, " and mean it?

Movies don't necessarily change culture. I don't know if we know for sure if movies change culture but we know for sure that they reflect culture.

Remember the hours after Sept. 11 when we came together as one...It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us.

In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.

If users are not doing what the designer intended (when users are investing time, effort, etc in your product), the designer may be asking them to do too much.

I do not believe in censorship, but I believe we already have censorship in what is called marketing theory, namely the only information we get in mainstream media is for profit.