Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring.

Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.

It's odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English is the only major language in which "I" is capitalized; in many other languages "You" is capitalized and the "i" is lower case." --

There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.

When a baseball player makes an error, it goes into the record and is published. How many of us could stand this sort of daily scrutiny?

If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once."

We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.