Quotes About Values

I've made no pretence to be a modern man at all, ever.

I try to be a better dad and husband than I do pretend rock star.

People have extreme beliefs about whether it is right for humans to tamper with embryos in any way at all. Sometimes the values discussion gets conflated with the science discussion. We shouldn't pretend we're having an argument about science when we're having an argument about values.

In the West, they have morality. We pretend to be moral people but we are not. We do not have a moral code.

My parents are pretty good about keeping me humble. They brought me up good.

I believe that if America does not lead, others will - others who do not share our interests and our values - and the world will grow darker, for our friends and for us.

I don't date celebrities.

Sometimes I think the family I was brought up in was 100 years out of date.

In Afghan culture, you don't date - you marry. Even talking to boys before marriage brings great shame to your family.

If you cry over a guy, then your friends can't date him. It can't even be considered.

My parents are conservative. They really weren't in support of us dating before marriage.

Dating has taught me what I want and don't want, who I am, and who I want to be.

I haven't been brought down because people are focused on who I'm dating, what I'm eating, or what handbag is the best handbag - that's so cheap to me. But if others want to open up about their personal lives, that is their choice. It's not for me to judge.

I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.

I looked at my daughter's face and thought, it's lovely to be beautiful but better to be healthy.

I don't want my daughter to think she has to dress like Beyonce!

I think it's time that we all be there for the children, to learn from the ones who came before us, and to teach our sons and daughters to have respect for themselves.

I'm a mom of two girls. And my daughters see me... I never want to show them anything that I wouldn't want them to represent as a black woman.

I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day.

David Cameron can change the branding of the party, but he can't change the beliefs.

I never met a dollar that could change me. Been the same guy since day one.

Back in the days of Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis, beauty wasn't the be-all and end-all it is today.

Be true to yourself, pick something that really matters to them and is dear to them.

I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.