In a study that I just did, I found that it was older children, not younger children, who felt that they didn't have enough time with their parents.

If you never allow your children to exceed what they can do, how are they ever going to manage adult life - where a lot of it is managing more than you thought you could manage?

Child care is an invisible part of the economy.

It gives us more flexibility, so we can do more, but it also creates the expectation of the instant response. It can take away your sense of control over your time.

It was all about survival. That's all it had ever been about.

Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works.I am praying. I'm talking to you, right?Oh...yes. Good point. Amphitrite - incoming!

Each letter has a shape, she told them, one shape in the world and no other, and it is your responsibility to make it perfect.

I adopted a healthier diet. I take at least a tablespoon of apple-cider vinegar a day. It's an old wives' tale, but it really is one of the best things you can put in your mouth.

I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.

Good people don't go to heaven. Forgiven people go to heaven.

Kids? It's like living with homeless people. They're cute but they just chase you around all day long going, 'Can I have a dollar? I'm missing a shoe! I need a ride!

I was told I got 10 measly minutes, but just in case, I brought 13 hours worth of material.

Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him.

Christ did not die for the good and beautiful. It is easy enough to die for the good and beautiful; the hard thing is to die for the miserable and corrupt.