There is no better satisfaction than to see your children make your dreams theirs, and achieve them on their terms.

The questions you don't ask are just as important as you do. The questions you ask show what you understand, and ones you don't show what you know.

Know yourself. Be authentic. Have courage.

Reality is only as true as it is perceived. Reality does not change. How it is perceived does.

Words are free, action is not.

Success is not an end in itself. It should be a means to an end - happiness. If success does not lead to happiness, it is called "failure".

The energy of youth with the experience of age is a lethal combination.

Live in the present. It won't last too long.

The foolishness of youth with the cynicism of age is a dangerous combination.

The more golden the opportunity, the less likely you will see it.

Words do not solve problems, actions do.

Strangers were a fairytale full of possibilities not yet corrupted by reality while caregivers were the reality – and everything that couldn't be counted upon.

There are elements of intrinsic beauty in the simplification of a house built on the log cabin idea.

Everyone sees they cannot well live asunder, nor many together, without some rule to which all must submit.

Oh, cold world -- I have grown so weary of you and all your horrible bathrooms.

There's nothing inherently interesting about being a drunk -- in fact, quite the contrary.

Don't go on American Idol, I think you'll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it's getting kinda scary, isn't it?

Homosexuality is against nature. Sexual expression is permitted only within marriage, between man and woman, male and female. Anything else is an abnormality and is against nature.

When I was first diagnosed with ALS, I was given two years to live. Now 45 years later, I am doing pretty well.

Angels and Airwaves shows are like an ascension to Heaven.

You cannot make gross sins look clear: To revenge is no valour, but to bear.