"I was the daughter of teachers, so..." - Quote by Amy Poehler

“If you can surf your life rather than plant your feet, you will be happier.”

“The great thing about taking big chances when you're younger is you have less to lose, and you don't know as much. So you take big swings.”

“I think the days of putting your feet up when you're pregnant are long gone. Women who are nine months pregnant now have to work till the bitter end - they don't get to be on TV.”

“In America, we then made a commitment, particularly after World War II with the GI Bill, to massively expand our commitment to college education, and that meant we had more engineers and we had more scientists and that meant we had better technology, which meant that we were more productive and we could succeed in the global marketplace.”

“Painting seems to be to the eye what dancing is to the limbs. When that has educated the frame to self-possession, to nimbleness,to grace, the steps of the dancing-master are better forgotten; so painting teaches me the splendor of color and the expression of form, and as I see many pictures and higher genius in the art, I see the boundless opulence of the pencil, the indifferency in which the artist stands free to choose out of the possible forms.”

“America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of knowledge and opportunity to all citizens, no matter how humble their background, so they could climb higher, help build the American dream, and leave a better life for those who follow.”

“My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families - second families, perhaps I should say.”

“The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal.”

“A child's cry touches a father's heart.”