I thought the whole idea of being a conservative was to keep the government from messing around in people's lives. And yet they say the government should be getting into people's families. That's messing pretty heavily where I come from.

I study children, and they're my subjects in my studies. They're my colleagues, really, all these little kids. And I owe them.

So there's much more to life than one's intelligence score. To be a decent human being. To have some character.

I teach child development and social policy as an undergraduate course, and I tell my students, "Look, on any of these issues, if you don't want to work on it for thirty years, don't start."

A kid's emotions and personality are just as important as I.Q.

Kids do better, frankly [when the economy is strong]. Jobs make great years for kids.

I guess if you're doing God's work, whatever you do is in His name.