“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learnin...” — Fred Rogers Quote

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.”

“When I first saw children's television, I thought it was perfectly horrible. And I thought there was some way of using this fabulous medium to be of nurture to those who would watch and listen.”

“I do think that young children can spot a phony a mile away.”

“We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.”

“If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.”

“The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.”