"If you wait until your children are high school seniors to spring it on them that there's not a whole lot of money for school, they won't have too many options."

"Take free money. No matter how in debt you are, if your employer offers a matching contribution on a 401(k) or other retirement vehicle, you must sign up and contribute enough to get the maximum company match each year. Think of it as a bonus."

"It's easy to underestimate the real cost of home ownership."

"Your goal should be to pay off your credit card bills in full at the end of each month and set aside money toward your emergency savings."

"I think eventually I want to become a teacher, like my father wanted to be, and hopefully positively influence the next generation."

"I was a shy kid, but somehow I knew I would make it as a performer. I'd always be telling my mum that I was going to be a famous singer. In my school yearbooks I would write, 'Remember me when I'm famous.' I knew I had a gift."

"My Latin education teaches me that religion comes from religio, which means, 'to bind.' To bind with rope. And that's all it means. So whenever I hear somebody go, 'I feel so religious right now!' I'm like, 'Well, you're tying yourself up in knots, are you?'"

"I loved education, and, yes, I did want to go on learning."