All the learnin‘ my father paid for was a bit o‘ birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.

Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

There’s room for role models who make mistakes.

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge.

Be smarter than other people, just don’t tell them so.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known.

I’ve dreamed about doing music since I was three or four years old.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I’ve got. Somebody’s got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain’t got this, somebody ain’t got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate.

I actually feel more of a woman because I feel like I’m being smart about my choices, and I’m putting my family first, and I’m in charge of my life and my health. I think that’s what makes a woman complete.

You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s.

There’s nothing better than having a baby. I’ve always loved children. I used to work summers at the YMCA and be in charge of, like, 30 preschool kids. I knew that when I had a child, I’d be overwhelmed, and it’s true… I can’t tell you how much my attitude has changed since we’ve got Frances. Holding my baby is the best drug in the world.

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can’t smile, grin. If you can’t grin, keep out of the way till you can.

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.

The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother’s always a Democrat.

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.

The foolish man conceives the idea of ‚self.‘ The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of ‚self;‘ thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.

He that sows thorns should never go barefoot.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose.

Actors are one family over the entire world.

My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I’d play ‚em over and over.

Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

Me not finishing school – in my head, I still have this insecurity when I’m talking to someone educated.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

It took Simone a long time to understand why people want Daddy’s autograph. I’d tell her, and my wife would tell her, too, ‚People see Daddy in the movies, and they are excited to meet him.‘ But she couldn’t really grasp it.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.

I’m focusing on me. I’m focusing on my family’s security, my family’s financial security, so that’s all I can do.

When you walk into my classroom, I’m going to give it to you straight, just like in the real world, because that’s the only way to prepare you for the real world.

I am completely fascinated by the differences and comparisons between real life and fairy tales because we’re raised as little girls to think that we’re a princess and that Prince Charming is going to sweep us off our feet.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.

The wisest have the most authority.

My father opened a restaurant. It’s so amazing… it’s so freaking delicious, but I’m telling you I gain five pounds every time I go in there.

I learn poetry, learn text, and that really keeps you alive.

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

One of the greatest lessons of my own life was learning to turn the inner rampage of hatred and anger toward my own father for his reprehensible behavior and abandonment of his family into an inner reaction more closely aligned with God and God-realized love.

My whole family are hams. They’re storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.