Drinking: something to do while getting drunk.

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.

You don't get over hating to cook, any more than you get over having big feet.

Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?

Life is so very simple when you have no facts to confuse you.

What most of us are after, when we have a picture taken, is a good natural-looking picture that doesn't resemble us.

It is important to remember that these are your Declining Years, in which you can jolly well decline to do what you don't feel like doing, unless not doing it would make you feel worse than doing it.

the most all-around, practical, long-wearing illusions are the ones that you weave yourself.

It's easier to find a traveling companion than to get rid of one.

As millions of women have done before me, I pulled domesticity over my head like a blanket and found I was still cold.

it isn't true, by the way, that nothing is as bad as you think it's going to be. Some things are exactly as bad as you thought they were going to be, and some things are worse.

So dawn goes down today... Nothing gold can stay.-- Robert Frost

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, men said, but the enemy of my friend is my enemy.

Egalitarianism, in every form and shape, is incompatible with the idea of private property.

The globe of this earth … [is] … not just a machine but also a organised body as it has a regenerative power.

I used to wear makeup all the time when I was younger. Now I go out and I don't care.

One of the greatest opportunities to live our values-or betray them-lies in the food we put on our plates.

It is a real tragedy for a nation when three groups of it's people, namely politicians, religious leaders and charity workes, just pretend to be generous.

When I'm at school, I usually put my hair up. High pony, side pony, or a bun, I like my hair out of my face.

All life is a manifestation of the spirit, the manifestation of love.

As a writer, I play with words all day long. I toy with them, listen for their overtones, crack them open, and try to stuff my thoughts inside.