The quality of an education system can never exceed the quality of its teachers.

Better degrees don't automatically translate into better skills and better jobs and better lives

The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change.

We no longer live in a world that is neatly divided between rich and well-educated countries, and poor and badly-educated ones.

You can spend a lot of money on education, but if you don’t spend it wisely, on improving the quality of instruction, you won’t get higher student outcomes.

You can spend a lot of money on education, but if you don't spend it wisely, on improving the quality of instruction, you won't get higher student outcomes.

The planning fallacy is that you make a plan, which is usually a best-case scenario. Then you assume that the outcome will follow your plan, even when you should know better.

Chic is a combination of style and fashion.

We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist.

As powerful as anyone may claim God to be, somehow he always needs money.

As far as I'm concerned there shouldn't be a single boot on the ground. There's enough American blood in Iraq that lasts forever.

Rich women need not fear old age; their gold can always create about them any feelings necessary to their happiness.

As far as Rap goes Tupac was my favorite, I used to sing some of his songs in my set before I ever met his dad.

Most people fail to realize that money is both a test and trust from God.

Thinking, writing are ultimately questions of stamina.

I have had no real gratification or enjoyment of any sort more than my neighbour on the next block who is worth only half a million.