When it came time to go to the University, it was during the war.

I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948.

I might say that in retrospect, looking at where the community college system is today, I think we may have gone too far. The community college system is so big, so broad, so consuming of tax money.

I got called back into the Navy during the Korean War.

And then, when I went into the Navy, there was no choice. You took about half of the hours during your naval training as naval courses and the other half were engineering.

But I decided I wanted more education and I had to make a choice between starting law school, which was interesting to me, and going for a graduate degree in engineering.

The only kind of movement you could make in the Navy was to be a platoon leader or one of those kinds of things as you got more senior in your Navy career.

I was always good at math and science and physics.

I stayed in the Navy until July of 1946.

Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

Momentarily forgetting how wind works, Lex tried spitting at him. This failed

My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

Your supporters can help you think in new ways, solve problems, and burst through barriers.

Whatever you do, be happy with you. Don't conform. You are who you are, and you shouldn't change that for anybody.

We're carrying the fire.

I actually think I perform better away from home.

It's all about where your mind's at

Write. Publish. Repeat.

The grandest and simplest things contain worlds within worlds. Seeing them is a matter of the right point of view, and your painter's eye is the special portal to such sights.