Kids are important. The most important thing.

Family is more important than anything.

Anyone hurts my family, I slap them down. A man does for family. That's one of the rules I got from my pa. His rules for being a man.

Racism, Dr. Sam. I worry for my kids about racism. Racism doesn't appear to take holidays or time off. What can I do about this stuff?

These young people are going to change the world.

My pa maintained that there are three important parts to a man. You got the heart, the brain, and the python.

People have been bred to hate for generations -- eons, maybe. Some fundamental urge. Something implicit in the human condition.

Come meet my dog.""What's the dog's name?""Justice.""Nice touch for a judge. A dog named Justice.

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.

They'll want to kill the crazies first. Big fish eat little fish -- always have, always will.

Insanity is not a fit topic for high-school children.

Obstacles are a measure of the intensity of your passion.

Your exuberance, passion, mesmerizing voice, animated actions, and eyes full of dreamscaptured my attentionso completely, that I didn't feel the bitter taste of coffee

An honest man speaks truth, don't expect him to speak sweet.

My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops.

In school math and science were my favorite subjects, but I probably in my true self I'm more of a people person. At the same time, I don't think that's how I recharge.

God's justice and love are one. Infinite justice must be infinite love. Justice is but another sign of love.

But I think happiness springs from another source, a far deeper one that doesn't depend on will because it comes from love.

I do think that the birth of my daughter was sort of a rebirth for me. It made me look at life in a completely new way. And that made me appreciate life in a way I don't think I ever had before.

Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence.

All you need in life is truth and beauty and you can find both at the Public Library.