Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

The mother may be doing ninety percent of the disciplining, but the father still must have a full-time acceptance of all the children. He never must say, "Get these kids out of here; I'm trying to watch TV." If he ever does start saying this, he is liable to see one of his kids on the six o'clock news.

I want all this loud profanity in the street stopped. I want people to think about choices.

Parents are people who yell and they yell and they yell and they yell. And you already have the point... and they're still yelling.

My mother was an authority on pig sties. This is the worst looking pigsty I have ever seen in my life, and I want it cleaned up right now.

Mediocre people are the most dangerous people in the world.