My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn’t speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind – like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

My fans saw me get engaged, saw me make that woman my wife, me having kids, me divorcing, me talking about divorce before the divorce, me talking about my kids‘ reaction to that divorce.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

I didn’t have a father figure in the house.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

First and foremost comes my family and my life with Brad. We have so much joy in raising our children and teaching them about the world that nothing really compares to that.

The only big things I’ve purchased are my dad’s heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents, for their anniversary. And that was only because my dad had a Lady Gaga license plate on our old car and it was making me crazy because he was getting followed everywhere, so I bought him a new car.

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

My mom and I are very close.

I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

My dream is to be World Lightweight Champion in the UFC. Have more money than I know what to do with. And have a great life for my kids, grandkids, and everyone in my family.

I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.

It took Simone a long time to understand why people want Daddy’s autograph. I’d tell her, and my wife would tell her, too, ‚People see Daddy in the movies, and they are excited to meet him.‘ But she couldn’t really grasp it.

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.

I say there is no darkness but ignorance.

By rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury, and vanity on one side; on the other, vice and servility, or hatred and revolt.

Family home evening is more for the purpose of teaching values and gospel principles, displaying talents and enjoying different kinds of family fun and activities.

Any man who doesn’t love his mama can’t be no friend of mine.

My brother Bob doesn’t want to be in government – he promised Dad he’d go straight.

My old drama coach used to say, ‚Don’t just do something, stand there.‘ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.

If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

I’ve never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It’s probably because they have forgotten their own.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

Sometimes I catch myself stooping, and whenever I am like that, I am sure something is not quite right.

My mum passing away wasn’t funny, but that funeral and what I went through, the things that happened, looking back at it, there were funny moments. You have to be strong enough to look back at it, to sit and assess the situation.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

I believe with all my heart that America remains ‚the great idea‘ that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only all right, I was just right, so I believe that my brain is a good one, and it’s lasting me very well.

The great thing about having a bunch of kids is they just remind you that you’re the person who takes them to go poop!

I delayed my father’s funeral because of cricket.

I love being a dad. I just love it.

Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

I was born in Earl K. Long Hospital. I was born Feb. 5th, 1986. I have a lot of family members. My grandmother had five girls, and all of them had children. It was always a house full. A lot of cousins. A lot of family members.

Through my films I’m eventually trying to one day tell the truth. I don’t know if I’m ever going to get there, but I’m slowly letting pieces of myself out there and then maybe by the time I’m 85, I’ll look back and say, ‚All right, that about sums it up.‘

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.

I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I’ve got a lot of that in me as well.

No man was ever wise by chance.

I need one of those baby monitors from my subconscious to my consciousness so I can know what the hell I’m really thinking about.

I’m proud of ‚Stop Making Sense,‘ but it’s a little bit of an albatross; I can’t compete with it, but I can’t ignore it either.