I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.

Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.

The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.

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

somehow, with the passage of time, and the dealines that life imposes, surrending became the right thing to do

Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress. When you're pissed off at someone and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time and they almost always will impress you.

I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.