Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

I've got really good friends and family. My parents, after 30 years, are still incredibly in love, still make each other laugh, which is a beautiful thing to see. And my brother and his fiance are completely happy, so if I feel a bit lonely, I just go and sit with them and feel their love.

Of everything I have done, 'The Archers' always gets the most excitement; there's a sort of uncontrollable joy from fans of the program.

The joy about the recording is that you are your own boss. You don't have a director telling you how to do it.

By the time a kid goes to college, if he's taking math or science, at least he knows, or you hope he knows, some basics. But if you're teaching history in college, you have a lot of damage to undo. You basically have to start over because so much of what a kid has already learned is just wrong.