Linda Quotes

Choosing one's leaders is an affirmation that the person making the choice has inherent worth.

I think laughter may be a form of courage.

Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats.

Libraries hold the wisdom of the world and the stories of the ages - available to everyone, free of charge!

I've heard it said that the first law of journalism is to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.

For generations, even many otherwise decent white Southerners learned to despise black people.

Sign by elevator put up by computer geeks in office building: REMEMBER: FIRST YOU PILAGE, THEN YOU BURN. THOSE WHO DO NOT COMPLY WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM THE RAIDING TEAM. In Mr Perfect

As we prepare our homes to be places where the Spirit is welcome, we will be prepared to feel more 'at home' when we enter the House of the Lord.

When you accept that you may fail, you can accomplish anything. Fear can be so debilitating. Every day I'm faced with difficult decisions, but losing the fear helps me make the right choices.

Nostalgia is a way of remembering people and places and things, and wishing things hadn't changed. It has a sweetness to it. Sadness is just--well--being sad.

Chronically homeless means constantly homeless; it means repeatedly homeless.

People hunger for more attention. Full attention will be the aphrodisiac of the future.

We didn't use the shuttle robot arm before, so this has been a training flow to get ready for that.

There should not be a question of legal or illegal immigration. People came and immigrated to this country from the time of the Indians. No ones illegal. They should just be able to come.

At one level Great Britain at the beginning of the 18th century was like the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, both three and one, and altogether something of a mystery.

If you do nursing or that type of work long enough, you become a healer in your own thoughts. You're cycling love, so you can stay a little more sane in the midst of it.

I dont think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you dont discourage something that may be rather nice.

Sometimes what is most important to us is not obvious and can be seen only by how we respond to our husbands in everyday life.

The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.

My first publication was a haiku in a children's magazine when I was 9 years old. I received one dollar for it! I gave the check to my dad for Christmas, and he framed it and hung it over his desk.

I can't be a man. But I can embrace the head of a man, the intelligence of a man, the spirit of a man.

I think I'd like to stay anchoring because, number one, I'm learning a lot, and I love it when I'm learning. And number two, I also have the luxury of a stable life.

If there's no inner peace, people can't give it to you. The husband can't give it to you. Your children can't give it to you. You have to give it to you.

I am a feminist, and I didn't think women would accept a throwback heroine.

But for the first time in many years, I get to sleep in my own bed every night. I haven't done that, literally, in years. It seems like such a small thing, but it is so nice.

As a journalist, it is so easy to get hardened when you see so many stories that are disturbing. Sometimes it's just your survival mechanism that makes you hardened to some of it.

I just know that what happened in the Clinton White House should never have happened to anyone.

The reality is I believe there has never been in the history of our White House such an unscrupulous pair as what I witnessed in this White House.

Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke.

I just got back from Switzerland, which I've never been to. I went to Switzerland and Amsterdam.

Dating is probably the most important aspect of a single person's life.

After living with Richard, I discovered that men are only good at cleaning stuff they can hose down.

I will not go out with a man who wears more jewelry than me, and I'll never, ever go to bed with a guy who calls me Babe. Other than that, however, I'm real flexible.

I can give advice to anyone interested in writing in one word: Read! I think it's much more important to be a reader than to be a writer!

Reading for writers is like training for athletes.

Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials, the U.S. military and Republican politicians.

Britons seem to have given up on assimilating their Muslim population, with many British elites patting themselves on the back for their tolerance and multiculturalism.

In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to kill us.

Being a celebrity made me so uncomfortable that I would have preferred standing behind the amplifiers.

Don't know much, but I know I love you.

Being an entertainer, especially in times like these, is really a public service.

Sure, I like my short hair. It also quadrupled my rate. I did get sick of seeing it on everybody, though - every stewardess, every salesclerk, and in every restaurant.

I no longer need to be someone's wife. I'm doing okay as I am.

Why would I be embarrassed about being Canadian? I'm very proud. We're just the nicest people. Everyone likes us.

I don't do fad things or diets - they don't work.

When I started in the business, I was told I had three good years in me.

I've had a very laughable career and what has seen me through is my sense of humor.

I am a woman. I am a fisherman. As I have said, I am not a fisherwoman, fisherlady, or fishergirl.

Please don't mistake who I am for who the character is.

Well, I think it's important to stand as an advocate for the mentally ill.