Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialised linguistic structures.

The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.

When you teach a child something you take away forever his chance of discovering it for himself.

Every time we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself. On the other hand, that which we allow him to discover for himself will remain with him visible for the rest of his life.

Play is the work of childhood.

Children require long, uniterrupted periods of play and exploration

Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves, and each time that we try to teach them too quickly, we keep them from reinventing it themselves.

Play is the answer to how anything new comes about.

Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do.

Teaching means creating situations where structures can be discovered.

Experience precedes understanding.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

I was good at being a doctor my patients liked me. At times people trust you with things they wouldn't tell their spouses. It was a real privilege.

Those who act receive the prizes.

I often don't like seeing how different things are made. I'm not a big fan of behind the scenes stuff.

When lifes seems hopeless, rearrange things for a dose of dopeness.

There's a level of action unlike anything else on television. AMC always makes distinctive television and I think that certainly fits that requirement.

I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.

You just have to connect with people who believe in your vision and who will work with you and advance your cause.

It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless.

Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.