The worst thing that can happen is death, and that's not the worst thing in the world either.

The challenge of education is not to prepare a person for success, but to prepare him for failure.

I think character is permanent, and issues are transient.

I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't.

The worst thing that can happen is death, and that's not the worst thing in the world either.

Do the right thing even if it means dying like a dog when no one's there to see you do it.

A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.