"There ain't but one race... human beings.  That's the race I belong to."

"When I was a kid, I had to accomplish something before people (parents, teachers) would let me be proud of myself."

"A New Year's resolution is nothing more than telling people that this year you plan to do some stuff that you should have already been doing."

"About raising children - If your children have never had a minute or even a day or week when they hated you, you're doing something wrong."