“How on earth can otherwise sensible people get so involved in a football game?”

The way to be successful is through preparation. It doesn’t just happen.

You could measure the lasting impact on the lives of the people who played it at just about zero.

I felt like I played in a very rough football game with no hitting above the waist.

You don’t wake up one day and discover you’re a lawyer any more than you wake up as a pro football player. It takes time.

It must involve throughout a resolute rejection of the demand for an explanation of the regularities in the observable course of nature,

Never get involved with someone who wants to change you

There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.

I like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.

When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm.

During all my undergrad years and in high school, I was involved in tutoring and public service. At Harvard, I spent over 35 hours a week doing service. I was a Big Sister, I worked for the homeless, the elderly; it was the epicenter of my focus.