"America's a family. We all yell at each other. It all works out."

"When two kids are being completely berserk, and they're naked and throwing food around, sometimes I just let it go because I can see a future where they're going to be dressed, and they're going to be at school. So I kind of let stuff go sometimes."

"Well, when I was younger, I lied all the time, because once you understand the power of lying, it's really like magic because you transform reality for people."

"It's a positive thing to talk about terrible things and make people laugh about them."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows every choice we make paints the canvas of our life."

"Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both."

"Courage is not the absence of trembling, but the decision to step forward regardless — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."