There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn’t greedy. It was mine, my girl’s, my mom’s. I got Benzes for my ladies. But I felt crazy. You have to understand I come from a world where we’re very modest. But that’s not greedy. That’s nice, right?

I think about the milestones from my childhood and what it will be like to watch our kids go through them. Taking Riley to her first day of school was a whirlwind. I can’t imagine what middle school is going to be like, and high school, and graduation.

Giving is true having.

You don’t have to turn on the TV set. You don’t have to work on the Internet. It’s up to you.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people’s kids than I did my own.

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago – by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.

A family looks for ways to support and inspire one another.

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?

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

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

I always joke that my kids‘ favorite holiday is Father’s Day. They love the way I celebrate the occasion by writing each of them a thank-you letter and a generous check. It’s my way of letting them know how much I appreciate the great pleasure and privilege of being their dad.

My sisters like cooking at my place. It has a bit more room, and the food tastes a little bit better. A big pot of spaghetti and sauce, some warm French bread – works all the time. I think I’ve been eating pasta for 26 years.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

I have a lot of other stuff to accomplish before I get to kids. Whenever the time is right, I’ll just know. If I had a girl, she’d probably be really rebellious. She would be like a bundle of karma. I would love to bring them up in Barbados.

I never had a mother. I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.

The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.

It’s not proper for the government to intrude too thoroughly into the domain of the family. It’s inappropriate.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

You don’t even really need a place. But you feel like you’re doing something. That is what coffee is. And that is one of the geniuses of the new coffee culture.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

Without gambling, I would not exist.

I’ve never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.

In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.

The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it.

My mother did not like children.

I imagine I will spend my days traveling from country to country to visit our children, who I expect will live around the world.

My family was mostly unemployed working class.

I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that.

My father moved to Hawaii from Brooklyn and my mother came there as a child from the Philippines. They met at a show where my dad was playing percussion. My mom was a hula dancer.

I’m just wanting to make the proper breakfast and keep the house. That’s my passion. At the request of my kids, I’m taking cooking classes. As I go to sleep at night, I think, ‚Did I do a great job as a mom, or was that an average day?‘

I think I should learn French and be a better cook – basic, really good life stuff.

We had problems like all families but we had a lot of love. I was extremely loved. We always felt we had each other.

Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.

I make it a rule never to smoke while I’m sleeping.

I think, because I started Virgin when I was a teenager, it has become a part of me, like my family, and I am motivated by ambition for it, almost as if it were a child.

Whenever something went wrong when I was young – if I had a pimple or if my hair broke – my mom would say, ‚Sister mine, I’m going to make you some soup.‘ And I really thought the soup would make my pimple go away or my hair stronger.

For me, often, there’s such a cloud of melancholia about knowing I’m going to have to leave my daughter on her own. I don’t know what age that is going to be, thank God. It just doubles me up in grief.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

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.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

I don’t feel much pressure to fit in. I never have. I’ve always just wanted to do my thing. I have really good friends and good family, and if I don’t fit in somewhere else, I fit in at home.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

Money doesn’t mean anything to me. I’ve made a lot of money, but I want to enjoy life and not stress myself building my bank account. I give lots away and live simply, mostly out of a suitcase in hotels. We all know that good health is much more important.

Pfft, I hate Christmas Day. It’s for children and families. Not for people like me.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

I had to make a choice at one point in my life, of missing films or missing my children. It was a very easy decision to make because I missed my children so very much.

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well.

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends.

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.

I actually feel more of a woman because I feel like I’m being smart about my choices, and I’m putting my family first, and I’m in charge of my life and my health. I think that’s what makes a woman complete.

Sometimes you can’t prioritise family and you feel guilty.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

I worked out a lot before I was 20. I was hard underneath. I had just a little padding. I was quilted. Always Chanel.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.