Enthusiasm is a plant which grows variously in the varying soils of different natures.

I have reached the stage now where luxury is not in fine possessions but in carefree possessions, and the greatest luxury of all would be the completely expendable.

Most of us are experts at solving other people's problems, but we generally solve them in terms of our own and the advice we give is seldom for other people but for ourselves.

leisure is an attitude of mind, not simply remission of work.

If you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.

A garden is one of the few expressions of man's nature that is altogether benign.

It is always one of the tragedies of any relationship, even between people sensitive to each other's moods, that the moments of emotion so rarely coincide.

children are not undeveloped versions of adult people: they are a different race of beings: they are children.

The sorrows we imagine are more profound and inconsolable than real life leaves us time for.

The sorrows of children are profound and unsuspected.

We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.

And after I make a lot of money, I'll be able to afford running for office.

We can either try to change everything or just make the most of whatever time we have.

And terrorists who seek to harm our citizens will feel the long arm of American justice.

I think I'm the only 65-year-old actress in Los Angeles who hasn't had plastic surgery, so somebody's gotta play the old-lady parts!

The Gospel is not a picture of adoption, adoption is a picture of the Gospel.

Nine times out of ten, when you extend your arms to someone, they will step in, because basically they need precisely what you need.

I'd like to be a wife and mother. I guess I'll know Mr. Right when I meet him.

God has taken us utterly seriously. How can we not do the same with him?

Don't associate yourself with toxic people. It's better to be alone and love yourself than surrounded by people that make you hate yourself.

He changed his position on virtually everything. I'm a moderate Republican, that's what I am, so I'd be inclined to support someone like Mitt Romney. But all those changes give me pause.