The liberal arts are the arts of communication and thinking. 'They are the arts indispensable to further learning, for they are the arts of reading, writing, speaking, listening, figuring.

Thinking is like exercise, it requires consistency and rigor. Like barbells in a weightlifting room, the classics force us to either put them down or exert our minds. They require us to think.

The slaves in Rome were incapable of leisure and so their masters gave them entertainment to keep them pacified.

Americans must either choose big government and be willing to pay for and submit to it, or they must move toward smaller, less intrusive government and be willing to enjoy fewer government programs.

No matter what the Constitution says, it won't endure if the people don't closely read it and demand that it be followed.

Until the American majority is willing to live within its means, it can hardly force its political leaders to do so.

The only person who can fix education is the student.

Real value means people value-and creating value really means helping people choose better lives.

Still reading but learning a lot about true education and the process of guiding our children in their educational pursuits.

Education means the ability to think independently and creatively, and development of the skill of applying one's knowledge in dealing with people and situations in the real world.

Our middle class majority, deeply in personal debt, elects political leaders who increase our benefits. Then we vote them out because we dislike the soaring national debt.

Knowledge kills action action requires the veils of illusion.

A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.

Everything is going to be fine in the end. If it's not fine it's not the end.

I'm pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.

You get really disillusioned, because you thought you were in love. But you realize that you're just alone.

The hardest assumption to challenge is the one you don't even know you are making.

When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved - 'It was new - it was singular - it was simple!'.

I do like to hang out in the corner and keep my eye on the party, or be outside in a smaller group.

Reining in the regulatory state would have a massive impact on economic freedom going forward.

There is no vacuum in the human heart. Certain demolitions take place, and it is well that they do, but on condition that they are followed by reconstructions.