“Family is more important than anything.”

“Some days in the camp you prayed to live; some days you prayed to die quick. Some days you didn't bother praying, knowing there was no sense to anything.”

“Racism, Dr. Sam. I worry for my kids about racism. Racism doesn't appear to take holidays or time off. What can I do about this stuff?”

“These young people are going to change the world.”

“Kids are important. The most important thing.”

“People have been bred to hate for generations -- eons, maybe. Some fundamental urge. Something implicit in the human condition.”

“A good man lives for the joy in life and the happiness of being alive, not shackled to the wants of the future or the regrets of the past.”

“A man enrich his community. A man teach and display leadership qualities for his children. A man by his presence is safety and security for his Queen. The best the thing a man can do for this world...”

“But what were you supposed to do with that weight? Once it was on you? Just be a man? Just suck it up? Maybe you were. Maybe that was the real test. Maybe that is exactly the thing that made you a ...”

“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”

“I strive everyday to be a great parent so my kids can be better people when they move out into the world on their own.”

“It seems to me that wherever religion and politics mix in one body, fascist values - and not 'family values' - rear their ugly head.”

“Home is the nesting ground for goodness to spring forth. Schools, churches and society influences but home is essential in the development and growth process.”