“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a fa...” — Sigmund Freud Quote

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.

Incidentally, why was it that none of all the pious ever discovered psycho-analysis? Why did it have to wait for a completely godless Jew?

A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual.

We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts.

Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I'm definitely the disciplinarian.

I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people.

Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected.

I'm not the first to admit that raising a child in Park Slope, Brooklyn, can bear an embarrassing resemblance to the TV show 'Portlandia.' My wife and I try to have some ironic distance from the culture of organic, chemical-free parenting, but we're often participants.