The high IQ has become the American equivalent of the Legion of Honor, positive proof of a child's intellectual aristocracy.... It has become more important to be a smart kid than a good kid or even a healthy kid.

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

It would be useless to bomb Washington. If you destroy one building, they already have two other buildings completely staffed with people doing exactly the same thing.

The reason God made man before woman was that he didn't want any suggestions.

Courage is walking naked through a cannibal village

Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor.

I'm going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow!