All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love.

The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

In the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves.

If you want your children to listen, try talking softly - to someone else.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don't care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all.

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.

Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.

Wake up and smell the coffee.

Anyone who believes the competitive spirit in America is dead has never been in a supermarket when the cashier opens another check-out line.

Forgiveness doesn’t make wrong things right. It remembers that what is right far outshines what is wrong.

A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture - that's ridiculous. It's got to work on many levels.

I want to be the perfect child. I owe so much to my parents and the way I was brought up.

I moved to Holland because I wanted to see American art.

The market is like the police: of course you need it, but if it becomes the central organizing principle of your culture then you're in deep trouble.

I love Fall Fashion Week because it means lots of layering, long sweaters and vintage coats.

You will find the Divine in the last place, because once you find it, you will not go on searching.

Our greatest joy and our greatest pain comes in our relationships with others.

Marry me, Gracie. Marry me and let me take care of you. Let me love you and prove it each and every day.

Im so lucky, Ive been so successful, so much has come my way. I want to give back.