Everyone, young and old, must have access to the knowledge and skills to participate in the evolving economy.
I agree completely with my son James when he says 'Internet is like electricity. The latter lights up everything, while the former lights up knowledge'.
No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew.
Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.
Boone Pickens should be commended for his leadership on American energy security, and for bringing Ted Turner along on some sensible approaches to enhancing it.
In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.
Success isn't always going to be a huge contract; success is going to be if you just live out your purpose in life.
I think in every lesson there's a blessing, and there's so many blessings from all the lessons I've had to go through in life.
I watch Jon Stewart because I need to laugh. Otherwise, life gets too serious. Besides that, I don't watch any news.
Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.
On the whole, the psychological work of the last quarter of the nineteenth century emphasized the study of consciousness to the neglect of the total life of intellect and character.
The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare.
The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until it verges on the unusual and marvelous.
My new life is being with my wife without any interference, and the children come see us every once in a while.
Every day people say you got to move on with your life. You have to move on. And you just can't.
Asked to give advice to a 13-year-old girl about how to lead her life, I say find something you love to do. The goal shouldn't be accumulating money. It might be making changes in the world, or in your country.
The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.
The Stanford prison experiment came out of class exercises in which I encouraged students to understand the dynamics of prison life.
You know, once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself.
There is so much division in this world. So what is really the path of healing? It can begin in this moment, by embracing the life that's here.
Most Americans have parents or grandparents who immigrated to this country, and we know the hardships they faced, from learning the language to dealing with prejudice.
