"Antiques Roadshow" is my favorite show. Every Monday night I have one hour of appointment television. I get the popcorn out and tell my husband, "don't bother me."

I love charity thrift stores. Amazing one-of-a-kind pieces at terrific prices, and all the money you spend goes to a good cause.

Finding your style is like putting puzzle pieces together.

If my daughter has a bad dream and wants to get into my bed, I'm a sucker for her sweet face and warm body next to mine, so I let her jump in. I should tell her to go to bed, but secretly I love it.

A mom has to be ready for anything.

Being on TV is similar to being an athlete. You get no second chances.

If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.

I always recommend rewiring vintage lighting. It's not a bargain if your house burns down.

I absolutely love American folk art, can't get enough of it.

I love going to tag sales, to auctions.

I try to be athletic.

Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.

Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare. But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.

You don't take a class you're thrown into motherhood and learn from experience.

I support the state, but not the state-run economy. The state should intervene only to create the conditions necessary for the private sector to thrive.

It is hard for 2 creative people to work together for that length of time and not fall out.

The predominant quality of successful people is optimism.... Your level of optimism is the very best predictor of how happy, healthy, wealthy, and long-lived you will be.

Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.

You were the one who hit me on the roof? I hit you on the jaw. We just happened to be on a roof at the time.

In all my work, I'm interested in understanding big issues through the lives of individuals.

When I was pregnant, I felt filled with life, and I felt really happy. I ate well, and I slept well. I felt much more useful than I'd ever felt before.