A kid's emotions and personality are just as important as I.Q.

Get kids out of poverty. Poverty is devastating.

The problem in child care, which really all of us are going to have to think hard on, is that there is no really great solution that we can come up with for ages zero to three.

Most mothers and fathers will shop more for a TV set than they will for a child care center for their child.

I know all the problems of the schools. They're rigid, they're bureaucratic, they've got a lot of problems. But it's such an important institution, and holds such promise.

I study children, and they're my subjects in my studies. They're my colleagues, really, all these little kids. And I owe them.

You win what you can win when you can win it, and keep pushing - all the time. And that's how this game is played. And I'll play it till I can't play it anymore.