When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.

It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.

Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.

When there are starving people in the world, it seems wrong that so many of us Americans eat as much for entertainment as for nourishment.

Great teachers are usually a little crazy.

I've learned... That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

It's ridiculous for a country to get all worked up about a game—except the Super Bowl, of course. Now that's important.