The essence of successful discipline is not technique; rather, it is self-confidence.

Invariably, micromanaging results in four problems: deceit, disloyalty, conflict, and communication problems.

How do you prevent a little sociopath from becoming a big, full-blown sociopath? Sit on him.

Parents should not agonize over anything a child does or fails to do if the child is perfectly capable of agonizing over it himself.

The fewer words a parent uses, the more aurhoritative the parent sounds & the clearer the instruction.

The combination of foolishness in the heart and free will in the head is extremely volatile.

I don't know about you, but I practice a disorganized religion. I belong to an unholy disorder. We call ourselves "Our Lady of the Perpetual Astonishment

Becoming a failure requires no strength

The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted.

I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don't have the talent for painting, but I have a very good sense of colour, a love of visual beauty.

Video games are like a religion; you want to get people tattooing your little logo on their body so they’ll get somebody else interested in it too.

The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.

When you do comedy in front of an audience, they are the ones who tell you whether it's funny or not and which bits are funny and which bits need to be fixed.

I now understand what Christ suffered in Gethsemane as well as any man living.

Throwing young people on the scrap heap is a public health emergency.