"When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories."

"If anyone tells you it's impossible to be fabulous and smart and make a ton of money using math, well, they can just get in line behind you - and kiss your math."

"My husband is a composer, so he plays piano all the time and I sit there and clap telling my unborn child, 'Hear me clap, hear the music.' I know music, in general, is supposed to be good for babies to hear."

"I tell students that even if they don't like math right now, they can use math as a brain-sharpening tool - a tool that not only builds the foundation for a great career, but that also builds self-confidence, no matter what they choose to do with their lives."

"Wisdom principle 97 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 50."

"Wisdom principle 42 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 22."

"Wisdom principle 94 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 43."

"A heart touched by genuine kindness never loses its warmth. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."