“When you are no longer a boy, you have to be tough.”

Obviously, I’m suffering from lack of sleep, but it truly is a blessing to be a mother.

You seek help from the elders. A society with elders is healthy. It’s not always that way in the West.

No matter how painful something is, you have to take it. I saw that in both my parents.

You benefit from getting in enough volume at the beginning of your training.

I’m a pretty aggressive girl in general. So if there’s a boy that I like, you’re going to know how I feel. I just put it out there.

Being in the army is like being in the Boy Scouts, except that the Boy Scouts have adult supervision.

That’s my advice to all homosexuals, whether they’re in the Boy Scouts, or in the Army or in high school: Shut up, don’t tell anybody what you do, your life will be a lot easier.

Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network… They have more companies they can get money from.

I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.

Calvin: Trick or treat! Adult: Where’s your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I’m yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet.

My father was a very good Boy Scout. He was very skilled with knots, and he showed me how to tie a bow tie.

Animals are a huge part of my life, so yes, if you are going to be a part of my life, you would need to have the same love for animals.