The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people.

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.

The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.

I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and international tranquility. But for the mass of humanity it is an age that never was.

I'm bilingual. I speak English and I speak educationese.

Justice is a blindfolded woman.

If you haven't failed, you haven't tried very hard.

If you play it safe in life you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risks.

I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out.

Give to another human being without the expectation of a return.

I definitely want to keep working in Ireland, and without being too worthy about it, if it's possible to bring work into the country, that's no harm.

I feel 30. [Publo] Picasso said he always felt 30. Well, I do.

Water polo would be much more interesting if they hadn't gotten rid of the horses.

France is a very paternalistic society where people have to be introduced.

Where there is no conflict, there is no fault.

I'm like a bad musical cliche because I bring my guitar on the road and try to write songs in hotel rooms.

As an American I am of course fundamentally opposed to democracy and to anyone advocating or defending democracy, which in theory and practice is the basis of socialism.

That day, I began to be incredulous. Or, rather, I regretted having been credulous. I regretted having allowed myself to be borne away by a passion of the mind. Such is credulity.