The learner should be actively involved in the learning process.

An essential aspect of maturing is developing the ability to take increasing responsibility for our own lives—to become increasingly self-directed

A cardinal principle in systems theory is that all parties that have a stake in a system should be represented in its management.

Knowledge is borrowed wisdom is unique.

I think part of why I have so many books around me and why I read every day is because I mythologize the writer. I don’t do that with any other artists.

Make mankind your dwelling place.

Maxim 28: If the price of collateral damage is high enough, you might be able to get paid for bringing ammunition home with you.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

I have a son, but I've never had a daughter. I have a sister, and my sister had a fairly tempestuous relationship with my dad when she was young, and that was gripping and sometimes upsetting.

What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.

A lot of American actors when they do Shakespeare put on a phoney English accent and it drives me crazy. You're always fighting against the idea that only the British know how to do Shakespeare.

A Hank Cochran song in the studio is spiritual. It's like singing a hymn in a church.

I try to catch them right on the tip of his nose, because I try to punch the bone into the brain.

The ball goes down the keeper's throat where it hits him on the knees to say the least.