the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

I've learned.... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you... More

Most of the people in the world are good and decent if you give them a chance to be.

Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.

When I write, I use an Underwood #5 made in 1920. Someone gave me an electric typewriter, but there's no use pretending you can use machinery that thinks faster than you do. An electric typewriter is ready to go before I have anything to say.

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

I'm already suspicious of anyone who thinks he or she is smart enough to be president. You'd have to have some ego to believe that about yourself.