I have the students for six hours a day. The community has them for 18 hours, plus prenatal and early childhood. I don't believe the schools create (the achievement gap), but our responsibility is not to add to it. We won't eliminate the gap until the community makes education a priority, but the schools can't wait for the community to do its part.

I think the common elements first are that, basically, we are entering markets or in markets that are deregulating or have recently deregulated, and so they have become competitive, moving from monopoly franchise-type businesses to competitive, market-oriented businesses.

According to scriptures at least I know the Bible states not to make any permanent marks on your body.

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer.

Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.

The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you'll be missed if you don't show up for work.

A mission could be defined as an image of a desired state that you want to get to. Once fully seen, it will inspire you to act, fuel your imagination and determine your behavior.