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

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

If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.

The meanings of words are not in the words, they are in us.

You just don't know anything unless you can write it. Sure you can argue things out in your own head and bring them out at parties, but in order to argue anything thoroughly, you must be able to put it down on paper.

Bilingualism for the individual is fine, but not for a country.

The English Language Amendment says above all, 'Let's see to it that our children, our young people, learn English. Let us not deny them the opportunity to participate in American life, so that they can go as far as their dreams and talents can take them.