My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything.

I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap.

Margaret Spellings

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have this capacity do not possess it. Warmth of heart, impulsiveness, pity are not enough.

Simone Weil

I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion.

Gene Robinson

I grew up in New York, I love New York.

Caroline Kennedy

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Johann von Goethe, attributed; u

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.

Alfred Hitchcock

Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

Miguel Angel Ruiz

I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle.

Mitch Hedberg

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

Eric Braeden

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia.

H. L. Mencken

The way I become friends with somebody is a slow process. You can't just spill your guts and tell them everything about yourself and expect them to listen and understand you because you don't know them. It's the same thing with a relationship.

Leighton Meester