If you’re going to have childhood dreams you should have great parents who let you pursue them and express your creativity

People are more important than things.

The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn.

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.

You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.

Anything is possible, and that’s something we should not lose sight of. The inspiration and the permission to dream is huge.

I'm a professor - there should be some lessons learned - and how you can use the stuff you hear today to enable your dreams or enable the dreams of others. And as you get older you may find that enabling-the-dreams-of-others thing is even more fun.