Public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid. — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
That's when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I'm helping people. — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
Many people find it easy to imagine unseen webs of malevolent conspiracy in the world, and they are not always wrong. But… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
Most teachers have little control over school policy or curriculum or choice of texts or special placement of students, but most have… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
I do believe in God. I think God has given so much power to people, and intelligence, and said, 'Well, you are… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
“He sniffed, and said as others had before him and others no doubt would again, "I have learned never to say, 'Never again.” — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
Don't worry about being worried. You're heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why. — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
“In the process Paul laid out a comprehensive theory of poverty, of a world designed by the elites of all nations to serve their… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
“Farmer liked to tell his Harvard students that to be a good clinician you must never let a patient know that you have problems… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
I do believe in God. I think God has given so much power to people, and intelligence, and said, 'Well, you are on your… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
The goofiness of radicals thinking they have to dress in Guatemalan peasant clothes. The poor don't want you to look like them. They want… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
That's when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I'm helping people. — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
