You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school.

If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.

The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work and even dissuade some talented Americans from entering the profession. This needs to change.

Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge.

Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.