There's an attitude out there. There's some things going on. A lot of hopelessness. What do we need to do?
Fred Rogers
There's no simple answers, of course. But if we could, through television programs, as well as every other imaginable program, let people know that each one of us is precious.
Daniel, you set?
Fred Rogers
I'm set!
Thank you, Daniel.
Lloyd Vogel
Did she just talk to the puppet?
Daniel isn't just a puppet. Daniel is Fred, and Fred is Daniel.
Lloyd Vogel
Hey, what did you say to Jerry?
Fred Rogers
I asked him to pray for me. I figure anyone who is going through what he is going through must be awfully close to God.
Lloyd Vogel
You didn't hear him.
You were out of control.
Lloyd Vogel
He was out of control.
You're just not gonna take responsibility for any of this?
Lloyd Vogel
Of course I am. I offered to pay for Lorraine's dry cleaning.
What do you think is the biggest mistakes parents make in raising their children?
Fred Rogers
Not to remember their own childhood. I think that the best thing that we can do is to..think about what it was like for us and know what our children are going through.
But you know what? It's so hard once you get to be a parent. You always say, I will never do this, when your parents are doing it to you. You say, I will never do this to my child. And then you get to our age and you forget what it was like to be this size.You really do forget.
Fred Rogers
Well, but those children can help re-evoke what it was like. That's why, when you're a parent, you have a new chance to grow.
Your mom and I hardly knew each other when she got pregnant. But we were babies, huh?
Lloyd Vogel
Don't talk about her.
Oh, whoa, wait a minute. You don't know the whole story. Your mom was not the saint...
Lloyd Vogel
DON'T TALK ABOUT MY MOM!!!! [Todd rushes in and attempts to restrain Lloyd]
What are you doing?
Lloyd Vogel
GET OFF ME!!!
Hey! [punches Lloyd against the wall]
Come on, what are you doing? Come on.
What the hell?! [Andrea looks at Lloyd as he facepalms his injury]
Fred Rogers
I'd like you to meet a new friend of mine. His name is Lloyd Vogel. [opens a door in the picture board to reveal a photo of a traumatized Lloyd Vogel] Someone hurt my friend Lloyd, and not just on his face. He is having a hard time forgiving the person who hurt him. Do you, do you know what that means? To forgive? It's a decision we make to release a person from the feelings of anger we have at them. It's strange, but sometimes it's hardest of all to forgive someone we love.
Fred Rogers
I don't think you are broken. I know you are a man of conviction, a person who knows the difference between what is wrong and what is right. Try to remember that your relationship with your father also helped to shape those parts. He helped you become what you are.
Fred Rogers
Depression is rage turned inward. To forgive is to release the anger for someone or something.
Fred Rogers
I don't think anybody can grow unless he really is accepted exactly as he is.
Fred Rogers
I hope you know that you made today a very special day by just your being you. There's no one in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are.
Lloyd Vogel
Listen, I realize I need to deal with my feelings. When I'm scared, which I was in the hospital, and I have been for a long time, I get really angry. I know it's a way of saying, "I can't deal with this. Get away from me." But that's not what I want. It's actually the opposite of what I want.
Fred Rogers
There... There is no normal life that is free from pain.