A man never knows how to say goodbye a woman never knows when to say it.

A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.

Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.

Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.

Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor.

Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.

A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it.

A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.

A good woman inspires a man, a brilliant woman interests him, a beautiful woman fascinates him, but a sympathetic woman gets him.

Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her.

The chief excitement in a woman's life is spotting women who are fatter than she is.

I know certain truths about life.

I'm definitely interested in doing movies. I've always focused more on acting than singing because that's where my true passion lies.

I would say I'm 90 percent collaborative in everything I do, and 10 percent of the time I just make the call.

I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the paper.

The heart of the matter, as I see it, is the stark fact that world poverty is primarily a problem of two million villages, and thus a problem of two thousand million villagers.

I don't wase time thinking, 'Am I doing it right?' I say, 'Am I doing it?'

I think people should be brave and take a chance and do what excites them.

The joy late coming late departs.

Help them to learn songs of joy, instead of burn, baby, burn.

Yep, my daddy was an undependable drunk. But he'd never missed any of my organized games, concerts, plays, or picnics. He may not have loved me perfectly, but he loved me as well as he could. (189)