Venture capital has done much more, I think, to improve efficiency than anything.

Knowledge is a free good. The biggest cost in its transmission is not in the production or distribution of knowledge, but in its assimilation. This is something that all teachers know.

Now virtue may not always be its own reward, but in any case it is not usually bought and paid for at market rates.

Vast ills have followed a belief in certainty.

Unsolved problems, that's one of the great signs of progress in my opinion.

The world is changing. We're not really proceeding on a stationary basis.

One thing I learned from meteorology is that being an actual science was no guarantee of exactness.

Education is still, in spite of private education, a state matter.

The MD is well aware that the forecasts are no good but he needs them for planning purposes.

My undergraduate education, at the City College in New York, was made possible only by the existence of that excellent free institution and the financial sacrifices of my parents.

Usefulness depends on tractability.

My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me.

'Shkoff' is to eat. 'Shkiaff' is to slap. Like, 'Gettouttahere I'm gonna give you a couple of shkiaffs, ' or, 'Forget presentation, just shkiaff the food onto the plate.'

I'm grateful for the people who watch everyday because if the viewers don't tune in, I don't have a job and I know that.

We are playing Russian roulette with features of the planet’s atmosphere that will profoundly impact generations to come. How long are we willing to gamble?

Democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens.

Follow your heart and be true to yourself. Never live the life of another. You have to create your own road.

It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.

It is not enough to be wise, one must be engaging.

I'll always be an outrageous character.

I sought a great performer who would deeply impress me, and I found Lior Suchard.