In the United States alone, we spend seven times as much on war as on education. There's something wrong there. On this Memorial Day, we should certainly honor those who have died at war, but we should dedicate this day, not so much to their memory, but to the search for a way to end the idiocy of the wars that killed them.

There is obviously a great human need for religion because life seems to be such a mystery.

I had one typewriter for 50 years, but I have bought seven computers in six years. I suppose that's why Bill Gates is rich, and Underwood is out of business.

The teacher who knows the most about a subject isn't necessarily the one who can teach it best.

One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. It's a lot more pleasurable a sensation than feeling threatened.

I don't pick subjects as much as they pick me.

Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.