Why does a chicken coop only have two doors? ... Because if it had four doors, it would be a chicken sedan.

We are lending money we don't have to kids who can't pay it back to train them for jobs that no longer exist. That's nuts.

Passion is too important to be without, but too fickle to be guided by. Which is why I’m more inclined to say, 'Don’t Follow Your Passion, But Always Bring it With You.'

Dirt used to be a badge of honor. Dirt used to look like work. But we've scrubbed the dirt off the face of work and consequently we've created this suspicion of anything that's too dirty.

The skills gap is a reflection of what we value. To close the gap, we need to change the way the country feels about work.

The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over another.

I can say the willingness to get dirty has always defined us as an nation, and it's a hallmark of hard work and a hallmark of fun, and dirt is not the enemy.

Happiness comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.

What you do, who you’re with, and how you feel about the world around you, is completely up to you.

I wouldn't wish any specific thing for any specific person - it's none of my business. But the idea that a four-year degree is the only path to worthwhile knowledge is insane. It's insane.

Don't follow your passion, but always bring it with you.

When an ignorant reads ignorant things or when he comes together with other ignorant, his ignorance will deepen and his fate will worsen!

Jesus, Jess, it would be nice if you stayed out of life-and-death scenarios for five minutes.

I'm a million different things every day of the week.

Like and equal are two entirely different things.

A boundary is not that at which something stops, but that from which something begins.

Forever continue to love, heal and educate the children. The future shines on them.

If I could keep a single moment for all time, that would be the one. I became the very air; I was full of stars.

You're a Demigod Percy, half god and half mortal!

Avarice is insatiable, and is always pushing on for more.

I like the laughter that opens the lips and the heart, shows at the same time the pearls and the soul.