If I could summarize my suggestions to parents over the past twenty-five years it would be: worry less, criticize less, preach les...s, listen more, have more fun, be more honest with your own feelings, develop your own joys and friendships, and don't sweat the small stuff (which is nearly everything). The goal is not to be a perfect parent, because no such thing exists. The hope is to be a good enough parent so that your child leaves home a responsible adult who can take care of him or herself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Are you in want of amusement nowadays? Then play a little at the game of getting a living. There was never anything equal to it. D...o it temperately, though, and don't sweat.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The best time to start giving your children money is when they will no longer eat it. Basically, when they don't put it in their m...ouths, they can start putting it in their bank.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Andrews: Do you love her? Peter: A normal human being couldn't live under the same roof with her without going nutty. She's m...y idea of nothing! Andrews: I asked you a simple question. Do you love her? Peter: Yes! But don't hold it against me. I'm a little screwy myself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Ellie: By the way, what's your name? Peter: What's that?... Ellie: Who are you? Peter: Who, me? I'm the whippoorwill that cries in the night. I'm the soft morning breeze that caresses your lovely face. Ellie: You've got a name, haven't you? Peter: Yeah, I got a name. Peter Warne. Ellie: Peter Warne? I don't like it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much m...atter what else you have.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »