Fulfilling the vision of the Irvine Ranch master plan has been a lifetime dedication and lifetime passion, and I am hopeful the heritage of our Irvine stewardship will live on in many new ways.

Future public education will require involvement and collaboration among various local, civic, private and nonprofit entities, a concept I like to refer to as community entrepreneurship.

In my opinion, education is the finest gift an individual can give a young person.

I do limit my exposure to the public. You only have so much time.

I get great satisfaction from both business and philanthropy.

Future public education will require involvement and collaboration among various local, civic, private and nonprofit entities, a concept I like to refer to as 'community entrepreneurship.'

Don't you see Blaynie." Mitch put his arm around her shoulders. "You're like an illegitimate little sister that I never wanted.

The lucky people that end up doing what they love even find out somethings that they don't love it as much as they thought.

and love is a word usedtoo much andmuchtoo soon.

No school without spectacular eccentrics and crazy hearts is worth attending.

Roland had sworn off children—they kept trying to kill him.

The notion of infinity is our greatest friend; it is also the greatest enemy of our peace of mind.

They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind.

Our reporters do not cover stories from their point of view. They are presenting them from nobodys point of view.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.