We can change who we are. We can improve ourselves in various ways, and we can give ourselves possibilities.

Self-control, openness, the ability to engage with others, to plan and to persist - these are the attributes that get people in the door and on the job, and lead to productive lives.

Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the short and the long run.

Schools should look behind classroom doors and determine the factors that contribute to the kinds of interactions between teachers and students that promote student achievement.

Schooling after the second grade plays only a minor role in creating or reducing gaps.

Religion gives you a sense of certainty. It makes you feel that you have the right answers to really big questions and that youve grasped the truth.

My family life is a deep source of satisfaction.

It is imperative to change the way we look at education. We should invest in the foundation of school readiness from birth to age 5.

To leave a man's ego bigger, retweet him. To leave his faculty of reasoning better, challenge his tweet.

I beg women to wait. Wait on God. Keep your mouth shut. Don’t expect anything until the declaration is clear and forthright. And to the men I say be careful with us, please. Be circumspect.

When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument.

Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.

I'd dressed up and hoped and I was so tired of doing that, so tired of dreaming and being unable to stop it despite the fact that I'd seen, maybe better than anyone here, what dreams could do to you.

"Nasty Man" isn't a laughing matter, but you have to laugh anyway. The song, itself, becomes something of a laughing matter because we'd go crazy if we didn't keep laughing.

I simply make music, and people have always been foolish enough to pay me for it. I never told them that I would have done it all for nothing.

Unfortunately, we don't educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.