Soon we will be addicted to the federal government, and we will not want to support our local police force. I have been a believer that the government that governs best is the government that governs least. — Paul Orfalea Copy Share Image
Kids that are allegedly better students are in an elitist class in first and second grade and then they go to their high schools,… — Paul Orfalea Copy Share Image
If I reformed school, I would do two things: We can improve a child's IQ by three percent by teaching them a foreign language… — Paul Orfalea Copy Share Image
Whenever I felt down, whenever I started wondering what homeless shelter I would die in, [my mother] would buck me up by telling me:… — Paul Orfalea Copy Share Image
I called it Kinko’s because of my nickname — because I had this really kinky hair. If you think about it, the first thing a baby learns is ‘Googoo, gaga,’ and if you think of good businesses like Kodak, Xerox, Google, people remember consonants — which was why Kinko’s was a good name. But really I had this big head… — Paul Orfalea Copy Share
I would get rid of the Department of Education. I would get rid of the state departments of education and let the local people… — Paul Orfalea Copy Share Image
With ADD, you’re curious. You’re eyes believe what they see. Your ears believe what others say. I learned to trust my eyes. — Paul Orfalea Copy Share Image
You can either complain or look for opportunity in every problem. I prefer opportunity. — Paul Orfalea Copy Share Image
Boys do not have the language skills of little girls. Boys go to school feeling like idiots. We wonder why fifty-six percent of the enrollment at universities is female. I might consider having same-sex education. Boys from day one are pampered and feel good about themselves and then when they go to school, they feel like idiots. I would have… — Paul Orfalea Copy Share
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