Story is the vehicle we use to make sense of our lives in a world that often defies logic.

The more you read, the better you get, the more better you get, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it.

Students who read the most also read the best, achieve the most, and stay in school the longest. Conversely, those who dont read much cannot get better at it.

Readers don't grow in trees. But they are grown-in places where they are fertilized with lots of print, and above all, read to daily.

Every time we read to a child, we're sending a 'pleasure' message to the child's brain. You could even call it a commercial, conditioning the child to associate books and print with pleasure.

The prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four - of secondary importance is to prepare for being five.

What we teach children to love and desire will always outweigh what we make them learn.

Neither books nor people have Velcro Sides -- there must be a bonding agent -- someone who attaches child to book.

Skill sheets, workbooks, basal reader, flash cards are not enough. To convey meaning you need someone sharing the meaning and flavor of real stories with the student.

Like Scout and her father in To Kill a Mockingbird, my father would pull me onto his lap each night in our four-room apartment and read aloud.

If you don't read much, you really don't know much. You're dangerous.

I believe in recovery, and as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

Work smart, stay informed, never give up, and great things will happen.

In the end, a lack of compatibility is what ruins relationships. You can't force someone to be an eagle when they are a duck. Nobody wants to fly solo. Dreams were meant to be shared together.

Just as you dress for the occasion you should undress when reading erotica.

The war against terrorism will not be finished as long as he [Saddam Hussein] is in power.

Every man who deserves to be famous knows it is not worth the trouble.

I suppose the things you remember about someone who has died are the funny moments. Those are the ones that stand out.

It would be good if we bore one another's burdens.

Props is a true thug's wife.