"I actually don't think that I'm that much smarter than anybody else. It's just that I frequently just seem to know what to do, and I think that's wisdom."

"Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away."

"We live in a country that used to have a can-do attitude, and now we have a 'what-can-you-do-for-me?' attitude, and what I try to do is find ways that we can develop common ground."

"We're not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation."

"Wisdom principle 99 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 4."

"I'm not a religious person. My mom was of Jewish blood and my dad was Protestant."

"Wisdom principle 94 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 88."

"The paradox of freedom is that the light of knowledge dispels the darkness of ignorance."