We never get to see that our kid is capable of solving problems on her own. We never start to build up the faith that they can actually do it.

No kid should be getting three or four hours of homework a night. There's no breathing time, there's no family time, there are just extracurriculars and homework and then go to bed.

Challenging behavior is just a signal, the fever, the means by which the kid is communicating that he or she is having difficulty meeting an expectation.

It's a whole lot more productive to be in problem-solving mode than it is to be in behavior modification mode.

We have forgotten that those skills on the more positive side of human nature have to be taught, have to be modeled, have to be practiced.

My advice to educators is collaborate with parents; they know a lot about their kids.

If we're being unilateral, then communication does not happen, the relationship does not happen.

If a solution isn't mutually satisfactory, it's not going to stick.

When people are rushed, they're stressed and you greatly increase the likelihood of being punitive and unilateral just because you're trying to grasp control.

The idea that we can take this lump of clay and mold it into a form of our choosing is absolutely ludicrous.

Solutions can't be imposed. That just fosters resentment.

Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.

One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.

Neither the mouse nor the boy was the least bit surprised that each could understand the other. Two creatures who shared a love for motorcycles naturally spoke the same language.

Research is one of the Nation's very greatest resources and the role of the Federal Government in supporting and stimulating it needs to reexamined.

I wanted to be my own heroine.

If you listen, you learn; if you talk, you don't.

I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.

Honestly, I'm more into the computer, the Internet, and checking out scores or the news.

Now nearly all those I loved and did not understand when I was young are dead, but I still reach out to them.

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.