I regard many of the neoconservatives as personal friends, but that's not stopped them from behaving with extraordinary viciousness towards those of us who raised the immigration issue.

I think good teachers are underpaid.

The problem with K-12 education is socialism and the solution is capitalism.

Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members.

Hey, nothing grows to the sky. There will be a successor movement. Right now its nascent.

I think the Republicans are subverted by the fact that so many of their leaders send their kids to private schools, they don't really have the stomach for the fight.

Theres no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and thats allocated according to political muscle.

I've been a financial journalist for 30 years.

I suppose the White House thinks it's doing what Big Business wants, but it will lead to vastly increased taxes, because all these guest workers are to be allowed to bring their children.

I think we spend too much on K-12 education a.k.a. teachers' salaries. It's the only industry where you never see any productivity increases.

Why can't teachers end up owning schools, the way waiters can open their own restaurants?

...Matt. I didn't think they'd kill you... I'm so sorry...

I lived for so long without you, only dreaming of the concept of you. And, now that I know you, I can't imagine going back there... to a me that didn't know your name.

it only takes sparks to light a fire

All right then," said the Savage defiantly, "I'm claiming the right to be unhappy.

Before you go to bed, write down three 'gratefuls' for the day and three 'did wells' (they can even include something as simple as doing the laundry)-the results can be amazing!

The supreme measure of a man, is what he would risk his life for.

[ If I wasn't making music ] I'd probably end up going to school, I never went to school. Or just give up and get my plumber's ticket and move back to Edmonton and become an alcoholic.

And when her eyes met mine, I felt something click, like a key turning in a lock.

An aristocrat in morals as in mind.

When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take choose the bolder.