A little-recognized value of listening and inquiring relates to the realization that in human relationships, it is frequently not what the I've learned ... that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances: when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.

All economists should be locked up until they admit that they don't know what they're talking about.

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

I'm in a position of feeling secure enough so that I can say what I think is right and if so many people think it's wrong that I get fired, well, I've got enough to eat.

The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. If some of our great decorated trees had been grown in a remote forest area with lights that came on every evening as it grew dark, the whole world would come to look at them and marvel at the mystery of their great beauty.

I've learned... That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.

The third rule of life is this: Everything you buy today is smaller, more expensive, and not as good as it was yesterday.