Bringing a child into the world is the greatest act of hope there is.

Our children give us the opportunity to become the parents we always wished we'd had.

The best thing to spend on your children is your time.

The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!

Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.

Doing too much for others (often at their own expense), many persons are more 'human doings' than human beings.

We make butterflies by feeding caterpillars, not by trying to paste wings on them. Kids need to like themselves the way they are, and we can help them develop a positive self-image.

We all enter the world with fairly simple needs: to be protected, to be nurtured, to be loved unconditionally, and to belong.

If you tell children they are bad, that's what they believe they are--and that's probably what they will become.

The Golden Rule of Parenting is do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!

Don't be afraid that things are changing, because indeed they always are.

Honesty is not always the bestpolicy when it hurts theperson you care about themost and pushes them away.

The fiction writer has to engage in a continual examination of conscience. He has to be aware of the freak in himself.

It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.

Have you ever had so much to say that your mouth closed up so tight, struggling to harness the nuclear force coalescing within your words?" -346

If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?'

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'

Alice: I miss myself. John: I miss you too, Ali, so much.

I think that television has become really, really interesting, in terms of character development. You can have 13 hours to develop a character, as opposed to 25 minutes in a movie. That excites me.

You could be disqualified for a job [at Harvard] if you were either smart or Jewish or Keynesian. So what chance did this smart, Jewish, Keynesian have?