Fathers are the geniuses of the house because only a person as intelligent as we could fake such stupidity.

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.

She can push me away all she wants, she can burn me with those eyes, but right now, I’m not going anywhere.

Making money is often more fun than spending it, though I personally have never regretted money I've spent on friends, new experiences, saving time, travel, and causes I believe in.

Technology adds nothing to art.

How we treat the least of our brethren,... that's the measure of this country.

The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners.

We were too intelligent, too cynical for war. Of course, you don't have to be stupid and primitive to die a stupid, primitive death.

You're only limited by your passion and your imagination. Be open to the possibilities, take chances.

The consumer, so it is said, is the king each is a voter who uses his money as votes to get the things done that he wants done.

I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.

Why aren't you signed up for the 401K? I'd never be able to run that far.