Start-ups like UniversityNow, a network of low-cost, online colleges, allows students to work at their own pace and pay a few hundred dollars a month for a degree.

This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

A lot of tight Senate races out there. Let's hit those chips with another dash of salsa, Ed Bradley.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

[My job is] a very high trapeze act, frequently with no net.

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.

I think that the people who really accomplish things in this world have to have a little bit of crazy in them.

Making love without noise is like playing a muted piano-fine for practice, but you cheat yourself out of hearing the glorious results.

The line I trace with my feet walking to the museum is more important and more beautiful than the lines I find there hung up on the walls.

The team with the best players wins.

I don't purchase records. I do enjoy listening to things like Japanese folk music or Indian music.

The treasures of the heart are most valuable of all.

Surrender . . .sacrificing my life or suffering in order to change what needs to be changed

You'd be amazed at what I can do. Did you know I can swim?

China has lunged into the 21st century, while India is still lurching toward it.

There are times ... when any visitor - in person, by phone, by mail - is an intruder, a burglar, a space hogger, an oxygen taker, a chaos maker, a conflict inducer, a mood chaser, and a total drag.