I love you every day, Mom

Being here in Detroit, our public education in this city is - it's shocking. And the oversight of it and the oversight of the teachers and the funding is nonexistent, and the priority that's put on it is so low.

Knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing.

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped.

How do people choose their final words? Do they realize their gravity? Are they fated to be wise?

Having more does not keep you from wanting more. And if you always want more - to be richer, more beautiful, more well known - you are missing the bigger picture, and I can tell you from experience, happiness will never come

You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship