“As a society weve progressed to a point where it is unacceptable behavior to knock someone down who is acting a fool. I teach my children to use their words when faced with a conflict. Thats what c...”

“As for the young men whose company I keep (Why does it keep sounding likethat?), I try to teach them that every young lady is somebodys sister or daughter with the potential to be somebodys wife an...”

“...the word fine. As in Im fine, its fine, that looks fine, etc. For a man the word fine has, tops, three or four meanings and thats only because of the fairly recent edition of Dang, girl! You loo...”

“Kids dont act right. Sure its embarrassing when it happens but any reasonable person wont fault a parent when a kid throws a fit. However, when a child doesnt act right and a parent doesnt act at a...”

“Are bacon and chocolate the foundation of a good meal? No, everybody knowsthat is a deep fryer and/or gravy. However, I have long held the notion that you can't name a food that I can't improve by ...”

“America, I know we have our problems. I realize that the scale and our waistlineare foremost among them. Im willing to make concessions, I really am. I drink, and prefer, skim milk. Ill take water ...”

“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It aint no disgrace to be po...”

“Youve changed me forever. And Ill never forget you.”

“Eduardo Galeano notes that America was conquered, but not discovered, that the men who arrived with a religion to impose and dreams of gold never really knew where they were, and that this discover...”

“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.”

“I love you like a fat kid loves cake!”

“Hard work should be rewarded by good food.”