Larry Elder Quotations

Raising a child is an on-the-job kind of thing. There aren't a whole lot of manuals for that.

In the last 1,000 years, the Arabs have translated as many books as Spain translates in just one year.

My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.

Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.

Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that.

Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.

If anybody had a reason to become a delinquent, to become a criminal, to be angry at the man, to be angry at the white man, to be angry at America, it's my dad, but he did not feel that way at all.

The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.

Raising a child is an on-the-job kind of thing. There arent a whole lot of manuals for that.

The welfare state is an assault on families.