“I believe that effective teaching is often the spark that ignites the imagination, possibility, and promise for learners, including the teacher.”

I believe that teaching is a creative art in which evidence based knowledge is applied toward meeting the learning goals of learners.

I can tell you what I believe, particularly about Mexican-Americans: they are a community that has contributed greatly to this country, they work extremely hard, they’ve been very productive citizens of our country, and I think that’s true of many ethnic groups in this country.

It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.

An artist must believe in himself – Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence – but passionately.

Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable.

I don’t generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.

I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.

I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for.

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.