Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily.

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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

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When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering children, but it must be done. - Stephen King

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The chief aim of education is to learn and train how to think and how to use facts. ― Lilia U. Chmelarz

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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

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All grown-ups were once children but only few of them remember it.

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If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library. -Frank Zappa

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Please raise your children with love and non-judgement. Tell them everyone has the right to love who they want to love. It shouldn’t threaten you or who you are.

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I think the part of media that romanticizes criminal behavior, things that a person will say against women, profanity, being gangster, having multiple children with multiple men and women and not wanting to is prevalent. When you look at the majority of shows on television they placate that kind of behavior. If you go through a weekly Monday through Friday, it's all there. It's in how people on the sitcoms and cop shows talk to each other. — Bill Cosby

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Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world. ― Malcolm X

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