I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: 'Checkout Time is 18 years.'

You cannot run away from weakness you must some time fight it out or perish and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.

The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.

You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent God, the all-great God, the Almighty God, the most powerful God, the giver of life God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary.

I feel very deeply about the need to respect and tolerate people of different social - or sexual orientation. But at the same time, I believe marriage should be preserved as an institution for one man and one woman.

If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.

The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.