The job of a teacher is to excite in the young a boundless sense of curiosity about life, so that the growing child shall come to apprehend it with an excitement tempered by awe and wonder.

It's a good news - bad news type of situation. The good news is that we won; the bad news is that my average is 9.00.

Your words must match what you do. In so many words, you need to show sincerity with your words.

All of the great empires of the future will be empires of the mind.

If there was such evil in the world, was it possible that there was good, too?

I never even had a bachelorhood: I went straight from my parents' home to a marriage.

When Auden said his poetry didn't save one Jew from the gas chamber, he'd said it all.

You should always trust the instincts of children.

There is a difference between being bold and being rash.

I was a semi-professional gymnast as a child. I did rhythmic gymnastics, but I sustained an injury and strained all the muscles in my spine.

In fact, I think we're less safe. We get so distracted by all of the information, we're not spending enough time getting specific immigration - specific information on terrorists.

My baby she'll take a chance, my baby got a brand new dance, Wango Tango, Wango Tango.

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other world, that imaginary world that I have created, tell you things about the real world.