Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.

When people come to my act any time after Thanksgiving, I usually say, You shouldn't be here. You should be shopping. Our economy depends on you! You should be out there buying stuff.'

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.

I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

The 20th anniversary of my dad David's death coincided with my 50th Test cap and for it to be my mum Janet's birthday, too, made it an emotional few days. It was not an easy week, being the Pink Test and my mum having had breast cancer twice.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.

Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom's homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past.

You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.

Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out.

Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.

The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.

Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

Good morning is a contradiction of terms.

Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.

You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.