Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose.

Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.

The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it was used by George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.

It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.

There is only one thing age can give you, and that is wisdom.

I believe we are being dishonest with language minority groups if we tell them they can take full part in American life without learning the English language.