The old-timers thought, Well, fire's bad; we'll get rid of it. That was certainly a mistake. We have to get it back into the system somehow, in safe,… - Tommy Lee Jones

I'm really concerned about the quality of education in the United States. I think it's going down, and I don't think we spend enough money on it. It's unhealthy for our society that we remove ourselves more and more every day from books, from reading, from writing. All areas of education need more emphasis. I think we're a bit lazy here in America. I believe in the ideal of the classic liberal education, and I also think athletics are very important to the education of young people.

I'm one of those people who feels that agriculture is a creative act. It's a very fine art — that's the way I approach it.

I'm happy doing what I'm doing, and if you have that kind of attitude then everything else from there on is a bonus.