I had always believed government was not a fungus: It could survive in sunshine.

If you want to change the world, you change the world of a child.

Clearly this business of treating minds, particularly this big business of treating young minds, has not policed itself, and has no incentive to put a stop to the kinds of fraudulent and unethical practices that are going on.

You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.

Those who declared librarians obsolete when the Internet rage first appeared are now red-faced. We need them more than ever. The Internet is full of 'stuff' but its value and readability is often questionable. 'Stuff' doesn't give you a competitive edge, high-quality related information does.

I was and am, like many women, both pro-life and pro-choice.

books are brain food. If every American would purchase the equivalent of his weight in books each year, this country would be a different place.