From somewhere, back in my youth, heard Prof say, 'Manuel, when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again.' He had been teaching me something he himself did not understand very well—something in math—but had taught me something far more important, a basic principle.

A boy who gets a C- in 'Appreciation of Television' can't be all bad.

There will always be survivors.

Anything free costs twice as much in the long run or turns out worthless.

Teaching causes people to go into situations from which they cannot escape, except by thinking. Do not handicap children by making their lives easy.

Life is short, but the years are long.

A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws.