Because you’re such a good salesman, and if you go work for a company, they’re going to use you as a salesman. If you’re going to be a salesman, you might as well be selling something worthwhile, like education

One key factor in the downward spiral in our educational system is that there is too much stroking and too little real feedback.

We've placed a lot of emphasis in this country on the idea of people's rights. That's how it should be, but it makes no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities.

Not everything needs to be fixed

Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources.

It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.

Everyone has to contribute to the common good. To not do so can be described in one word: selfish.