Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger.
I relax by taking my bicycle apart and putting it back together again.
I still think people will find out that I’m really not very talented. I’m really not very good. It’s all been a big sham.
There is no question that the older you get, the fewer good roles there are.
I can't imagine myself blowing up supermarkets!
Being from Orange County is in a lot ways very much like being from the Midwest.
When I first started out, I said to myself, if this doesn't happen there will be something else that I can do. That seemed possible because I knew how to do so many different kinds of jobs.
I often quote an African proverb that says: "The world is not ours, the earth is not ours, It's a treasure we hold in trust for future generations. " And I often hope we will be worthy of that trust.
Many of my students assume that government protection is the only thing ensuring decent wages for most American workers. But basic economics shows that competition between employers for workers can be very effective at preventing businesses from misbehaving.
My father has said a hundred times, and I have paid attention, that it's stupid to let money be the reason you don't do something.
The older you get, the funnier fart jokes are.