Fortunately, I'm married to someone who's a pretty excellent parent!

A firm, hearty handshake gives a good first impression, and you'll never be forgiven if you don't live up to it.

A lot of things work better in a locomotive.

I'm a rather decisive type.

Worshiping the earth is more fun than going to church. It's also closer.

The real slums are another matter. The bad parts of Tondo are as bad as any place I've seen, ancient, filthy houses swarmed with the poor and stinking of sewage and trash. But there are worse parts - squatter areas where people live under cardboard, in shipping crates, behind tacked-up newspapers. Dad would march you straight to the basement with a hairbrush in his hand if he caught you keeping your hamster cage like this.

I bought my first house because of Animal House.