C.J. Roberts Quotes

Laying a hand on his heart, she timed its beats to her own. And knew the truest magic was there.

I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season on every moment of your life.

When training young horses "There are many types of bits for many different disciplines, but the severity of ALL bits lies in the hands holding them."

On my best day, I am a seven-point-seven. I could be a hard eight if I felt great. If I went on a good run and had on my best pair of jeans, I could feel right on the money.

It's okay to look back, just don't stare.

When I was a child I had a crush on Abraham Lincoln. Why I would choose to reveal this, I know not.

In case I forget to tell you later, I had a really good time tonight.

The Web is functionally fantastic, but it's a tool. A terrific place to present information but not, at this stage, a tenably emotional location.

Ideas are the currency of the future.

Aim high, work hard, and love your family.

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

When you affirm your own Tightness in the universe, then you co operate with others easily and automatically as part of your own nature. You, being yourself, help others be themselves.

It's very important that we expand our use of clean energy and make a long-term commitment to it.

A lot of women have come to understand that you can't just show up and say I'm unhappy, you have to then go out and do something.

The easiest time to cure an illness is before it is accepted as a part of the self-image.

I wouldn't have believed it. I still barely do, truthfully. I'm so continually fortunate that I keep coming across these smart, interesting, creative people who pick me. It's just stupendous.

Women rely on friends. ... That's where we draw sustenance and find safety. We can count on our women friends when we need a good laugh or a good cry.

I'm surrounded by great friends and family. I don't know what I would do without them.

Everything I know, I learned from dogs.

It's the sad thing about entertainment, it's not always about who is the best.

Well, there's nothing more touching than putting a smile on a kid's face when you can.

And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.

Our civic society is really all we have by way of nationhood.

I always wanted children, but not until they were actually part of my life did I realize that I could love that fiercely, or get that angry.

Chord substitution isn't some mysterious religious sect.

Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits.

In all the illusions, you're the only truth that I need

It is only in his head that man is heroic; in the pit of his stomach he is always a coward.

When the wish and the fear are exactly the same, we call the dream a nightmare.

The burden of happiness can only be relieved by the balm of suffering.

I don't think you tell someone you love them because you expect something. I think you tell them because you have something to give.

In U.S. politics, 'compassion' means giving money and privileges to well organized interest groups at everyone else's expense.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

My awards are lovely. I love to show them of.

I used to sit near Marilyn Monroe in the Actor's Studio. She'd get dressed up because that was her identity. Sad. Those cameras wouldn't leave her alone. She didn't know where to hide.

I am the president of the sorority and I'm sure there are plenty of people I've pissed off enough to go on a killing spree.

I'm very outgoing and social.

The minute you're born, you're getting older.

Consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds, but law, morality and leadership demand it. Without consistency, there is privilege.

I'm learning something all the time. That's the way I want it to go, and that's the way I'll go until I am no longer on this planet.

When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on.

I do indeed write on the road. My laptop goes with me everywhere.

You know the difference between news and gossip, don't you? News tells you what people did. Gossip tells you how much they enjoyed it.

It's money that brings trouble. It always has and it always will.

I want my kids to know when I'm pissed, when I'm happy and when I'm confounded.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit.

I'm obsessed with heels.

There is no sin in delegating. The sin is trying to do it all.

Body adornments show that we're aware of our bodies and expect others to be aware as well.