My parents are very hard working people who did everything they could for their children. I have two brothers and they worked dog hard to give us an education and provide us with the most comfortable life possible. My dad provided for his family daily. So yes that is definitely in my DNA.

My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life my mom was a maid and a cashier and a stock clerk at WalMart. We were not people of financial means in terms of significant financial means. I always told them 'I didn't always have what I wanted. I always had what I needed.' My parents always provided that.

To him that waits all things reveal themselves provided that he has the courage not to deny in the darkness what he has seen in the light.

I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.

The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and interchange provided we are willing.

In things to be seen at once much variety makes confusion another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once and have no respect one to another great variety is commendable provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry.

Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.

There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.

The Beethoven Experience provided the opportunity to solidify the relationship between the Orchestra and me the Orchestra and me and the public between all of us and the city of New York because Beethoven after all is a really amazing point of reference.

My stepdad provided me with an amazing childhood. I played outside like a normal kid I rode my bike I walked to school but the happiest times were when I was acting.

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security without which it would not be taken due care of.

If those committed to the quest fail they will be forgiven. When lost they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone whether successful or not provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.

What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting provided you live within it.

Every age can be enchanting provided you live within it.