I had this child, and it destroyed my family.

I’ve always wanted a baby.

The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other – and we still are.

Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.

My other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert, then joined the army. The first time he saluted, he killed himself.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

Everything is clearer when you’re in love.

We think it’s fun for our kids to have cameos and join us on set, but not to be actors. That’s not our goal for Brad and me at all. I think we would both prefer that they didn’t become actors.

My mom is very religious – Catholic – and from a young age they brought me to the church.

A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don’t have a top for it.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.

Standing in support of children is something we should all be able to get behind, regardless of party affiliation.

Contemplation of life after retirement and life after death can help you deal with contemporary challenges.

Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose.

The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

Optimism comes less easily today, not because democracy is less vigorous, but because democracy’s enemies have refined their instruments of repression.

To be social is to be forgiving.

Love is a better teacher than duty.

A lot of preachers‘ kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that.

Love always ends differently and it always begins differently – especially with me.

My mom and I are very close.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe because I always dreamed of having a father of my own.

My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Marriage is scary to me, man.

Young love is wild and outrageous, laughing at moderation and blinding us to common sense.

I don’t take pictures when I’m with my kids, for the sake of my kids. It’s important when you’re as busy as I am that you give your kids your time when you’re with them, and nothing compromises that. I’ve been lucky enough to have fans that understand that.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

Few are drawn to the person whom others avoid and neglect; people gather around those who have already attracted interest.

We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.

Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport.

That summer after the draft was probably the most fun I’ve ever had, because all I had to do every day was wake up and go work out for four or five hours. I got to play some golf, which I love to do, too, and then got to hang out with my family.

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

Never marry someone in hope that they’ll change later.

I’ve seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.

When I was younger, I was testing myself and questioning everything, but now it’s less about that and more about these are the years of my life with my family.

We all die, we all get sick, we all feel hunger and lust and pain, and therefore human life is consistent from one generation to the other. We all – most of us, anyway – want connections with other people and spend our lives looking for them.

It’s true that I’ve never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.

If women were particular about men’s characters, they would never get married at all.

My wife doesn’t even want to spend 2 hours with me.

I have spent so much time and so much energy making other people’s children stars.

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.

I always thought money was something just to make me happy. But I’ve learned that I feel better being able to help my folks, ‚cause we never had nothing. So just to see them excited about my career is more of a blessing than me actually having it for myself.

I don’t want to get into it, but if you know someone, it doesn’t mean you agree with everything they say or they do.

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.

The more I grow in popularity, the lonelier it gets. Because you don’t really know me. You just know this part of me. You fell in love with that. But it’s way more intricate than what meets the surface.

I really like children to watch my movies.

You can’t have it all, all at once. Who – man or woman – has it all, all at once? Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.