I wanted to give the house back to the parents.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.

I wasn't always black... there was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger.

Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.

It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.

If you are in a position where you can reach people, then use your platform to stand up for a cause. HINT: social media is a platform.

Making the best of things is a damn poor way of dealing with them. My life has been a series of escapes from that quicksand.

Right or wrong, it's very pleasant to break something from time to time.

As for herself, every morning on waking she gives thanks to the God she doesn't disbelieve in. Although she can't credit him with saving her, she needs this outlet for her gratitude.

When you've fallen on the highway / and you're lying in the rain, / and they ask you how you're doing / of course you'll say you can't complain.

I've always supported the DREAM Act. I'm a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act.

I look at old photos of me, and I don't feel connected to them at all.

I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.

Every materialist will be an idealist; but an idealist can never go backward to be a materialist.

'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable.