Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders.
For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.
Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.
Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.
What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.
We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.
We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again.
The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is all over.
I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.