Want to have a short phone call with someone? Call them at 11:55 a.m., right before lunch. They'll talk fast. You may think you are interesting, but you are not more interesting than lunch.

until you got ice cream spilled on you, you’re not doing field work

The questions are always more important than the answers.

We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.

Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms,as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK.

I've always admired people who are over-prepared.

The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self reflective.