“Kids are baby goats. They're cute and they have redeeming social value. You are definitely not kids.”

“I just question the value of isolated math, science and literary skills - especially when they're achieved at the expense of social skills - when our kids are little. I don't see ho it's putting them ahead if they know how to write their name before the next kid.”

“When Renee and I talked about it years later, we agreed on one point: We were insane. Renee always said, "If any of our kids want to get married when they're twenty-five, we'll have to lock them in the attic." We were just kids, and everybody who came to the wedding party was guilty of shameful if not criminal negligence-- look at the shiny pretty toaster, isn't it cute to see the babies playing with it in the bathtub? Jesus, people!”

“When I was a kid, I was just a boy. But that all changed by my 18th birthday. No longer a kid, I was a full-fledged goat.”

“The bad kids and the good kids and all kids... They're just people, who deserve to be cared for.”

“What do you think is the problem? You’re a cute kid-­‐uh, guy. Man. You’re a cuteman.”