Parent hard, play hard. That's my philosophy.

Father or stepfather - those are just titles to me. They don't mean anything.

You can love someone like your son, even if he's not your biological son, and you can love someone like your father, even if he's not your biological father.

Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose to make your life with.

His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.

Fathers in today's modern families can be so many things.

Personally, fame never really played any part in our family life.

I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.

My mom is in her mid-60s and has more energy and is more youthful than any human being I know. It's pretty incredible.

You need to feel as good as you can before you start a workout. So what you wear to the gym is important.

When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.

If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

Laws of nature have no physical properties of mass /energy. They are platonic truths in transcendent realm that create & govern the Universe.

Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage.

Prayer is a spiritual act.

Forget the floor plans. Arrange the furniture where it is the most comfortable and will look best.

I am not an icon of democracy. You are all, collectively, the icon of democracy.

Sixty years is cause enough to sing In celebration of a gentle life! To the mother and the wife, Taking pleasure in what love might bring, Yearning for what's worth the treasuring.

David, Moses, Saul of Tarsus, these were all people who did terrible terrible things  -  they were murderers. The Bible would be a lot shorter without grace.