For a kid who's lost his mom and all the rage and grief that no one was able to talk out of me, football was a very therapeutic sport. Very.

It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set

People look back on those days through a thick veil of nostalgia, but life was hard if you were anything other than a rich, powerful white male

Whether it's Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian or whoever, stupidity is certainly celebrated.

I came in the Dawson's Creek era; it was all about tiny guys who looked like teenagers, and I haven't looked like a teenager ever. So I was, like, auditioning to be their dads. At 25.

Part of being an adult is treating women like women.

I'm painfully aware of my surroundings at all times.

Some boys are particular about how they look. I'm not.

I like kids but I also like the option to close the door. Becoming a parent is a whole other life, and it doesn't stop.

Point me to 50 people online who think I'm super sexy. I'll point you to 50 more who say he's old and looks like my dad.

I think pets are great. They're better than kids, that's for sure.

If you create an environment of conflicts, I don’t think you will enjoy peace yourself.

The ocean cradles the bloodied moon in its aquatic arms like a mother holds her crying babe.

At a time like this with damage and disorder everywhere, no tale is too absurd to be believed and even decent people seek something on which to vent their anger.

The first snow is like the first love. Do you remember your first snow?

I know a good many people, I think, who are bigots, and who know they are bigots, and are sorry for it, but they dare not be anything else.

I have always intended to live forever; but not until now, to live now.

The past always sort of haunts us and perhaps inspires us in some ways.

What does it say about our churches today that God birthed the church in a prayer meeting, and prayer meetings today are almost extinct?

The policy of letting the free market determine the height of wage rates is the only reasonable and successful full-employment policy.

All you have to do is relax and feel your history, because it will never go away and there is no future without it.