Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Next month, I will celebrate my 30th anniversary of marriage with my beautiful bride, Vicki. Our marriage has been a blessing. I have gained even more respect for the institution over the past 3 decades and will defend it against attack.

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.

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

Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided.

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

The argument that gay marriage doesn't affect straight marriages is a ridiculous red herring: Gay marriage affects society and law in dramatic ways. Religious groups will come under direct assault as federal and state governments move to strip them of their non-profit statuses if they refuse to perform gay marriages.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

I had a New Year's kiss once. But it was like, 'Let's start the year off together,' and then we wound up breaking up the night after!

My husband and I went to Bald Head Island for our four-year anniversary. We spent the night in bed with champagne, tequila and Krispy Kreme doughnuts and watched a boxing match on Showtime.

I don't know if I believe in marriage. I believe in family, love and children.

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.

I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about identity.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

We invest less in our friendships and expect more of friends than any other relationship. We spend days working out where to book for a romantic dinner, weeks wondering how to celebrate a partner or parent's birthday, and seconds forgetting a friend's important anniversary.

You marry somebody; you love everything about them. You grow to learn about them. You never learn everything.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.