A parent has to be silent much of the time.

The human heart has a staggering capacity for love.

Certainly it is important to work hard for your children, but if the only legacy you can give them is money it is a poor legacy indeed.

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.

Every possible thing that can happen or will happen has already happened somewhere. (Year 2036 John Titor)

I like the physical activity of gardening. It's kind of thrilling. I do a lot of weeding.

I’m very driven by what I do. I am certainly very competitive. I like people who represent the best at what they do. If that turns you into a perfectionist then maybe I am.

I had to try and find a way to express happiness without sounding corny.

People always say congratulations. When you're a successful bidder it means you're willing to spend more money than anyone else. I'm not sure if that's congratulations or condolences.

There's an old saying about truth setting you free. Don't buy it. Sometimes the truth slams the cell door shut and throws a thousand bolts.

Storytelling has a narcotic power.

In the Church, when we talk about 'the world', we often create an us and them situation and end up planting the seeds of all that we feel wrong with the world in the soil of our own backyard.

The important thing is the family. If you can keep the family together - and that's the backbone of our whole business, catering to families - that's what we hope to do.