The best teacher is an entertainer.

Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official.

Let me introduce myself. My name is, uh, Kangaroo... Kangaroo - Captain Kangaroo ... I'm the keeper here of the Treasure House.

One of the big secrets of finding time is not to watch television.

Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost.

Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff.

A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age. Parents should not wait for the sophisticated conversation of a teenager.

I enjoy meeting not only contemporary children, but yesterday's children as well. It's nice to talk about the experiences we shared, they tell me, 'You were a good friend.' That's the warmest part.

The children should never be excluded from what I am doing and should never have the feeling of being part of an audience.

It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people.

Oats n.s. A grain which in England is generally given to horses but in Scotland supports the people.

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.

To write a play one must be born a playwright. Otherwise, you're starting at a huge disadvantage.

Being heartbroken is like having this really horrible freedom. You can be selfish with your thoughts, which can lead to manic creativity, but at the same time you're just really miserable.

Blay said roughly,"I'm still in love with him" Saxton dropped his eyes and brushed at the top of his thigh, as if there might have been a tiny piece of lint there. " I know. You thought you weren't?

If the choice is go to war or end up with an American city hit by weapon of mass destruction, then the choice is easy.

You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.

The secret of my vigor and activity is that I have managed to have a lot of fun.

You can't take yourself too seriously. But always have conviction.

I've always felt that one of the mistakes people make is that they try to do something that is just slightly beyond their skill set, and then feel they've failed.