Anyone who ever wondered how much they could love a child who did not spring from their own loins, know this: it is the same. The feeling of love is so profound, it's incredible and surprising.

In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece.

My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.

You're never too fat for a new purse.

You only get one life so you might as well make it a happy one, and that's why I tend to just jump into things. I'm sort of a fearless idiot that way.

Time can turn a scab into a beauty mark.

If the standard route for creating a family had worked for me, I wouldn't have met this child. I needed to know her. I needed to be her mother. She is, in every way my daughter.

When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn't want to see the magic.

The man may be the head of the household. But the woman is the neck, and she can turn the head whichever way she pleases.

What I wish I had, is that I wish I was a little more Greek, in that I wish I could lose my North American driven attitude and that I could be a little bit more poetic and laissez faire.

I thought I was attractive when I shot 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.' Studio executives and movie reviewers let me know I had a confidence in my looks that was not shared by them.

We hope that we will live only because we must be with God, as alive as He is.

Metaforen är ett av tankens väsentligaste verktyg. Den belyser vad som annars skulle ligga helt i mörker. Men denna belysning blir ibland så klar att den bländar istället för avslöjar.

It is important to be diligent because riches comes only into the hands of the diligent

(...) pick up your axe, start at the rootsdon't miss the trunk, never forget:to end life truly and finallystart at the roots or end there.

Money is a kind of freedom that can be felt and heard

life ain't fair. It's always slightly one sided

I don’t care who you love, what you believe, how you look, where you’re from or what you do.If you are a good hearted person, you’re good in my books!

Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old.

The best way to confront, or deal with, technological innovation is to keep moving technologically.

If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs.