People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

I've learned... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

Don't keep saying, "I don't know where the time goes." It goes the same place it's always gone and no one has ever known where that is.

Being kind is more important than being right.

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

You really can't blame the military for wanting to go to war [in Iraq]. They've got all these new toys and they want to know whether they work or not.

I did not believe in the war. I thought it was wrong to go into any war. And I got to the war, and saw the Germans, and I changed my mind. I decided we were right going into World War II.