Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence.

The dignity of man is vindicated as much by the thinker and poet as by the statesman and soldier.

Just like a turtle, we only make progress if we stick our neck out.

In every section of the entire area where the word science may properly be applied, the limiting factor is a human one. We shall have rapid or slow advance in this direction or in that depending on the number of really first-class men who are engaged in the work in question. ... So in the last analysis, the future of science in this country will be determined by our basic educational policy.

Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea.

Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy without classes. To do so will require the efforts of us all-teachers, administrators, taxpayers and statesmen. Education is a social process, perhaps the most important process in determining the future of our country; it should command a far larger portion of our national income than it does today.