Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn't be happy if I were home all the time.

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

What makes you different or weird, that's your strength.

The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself.

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.

I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.

You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.

Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time.

That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work.

It is the uninformed that willfully put a cellphone next to their brains.

I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.

On the other hand, the concept owes its meaning and its justification exclusively to the totality of the sense impressions which we associate with it.

We give thanks to God not because of how we feel, but because of Who He is.

If you're not sure what you want, then hold back from making plans or responding to invitations until you have a chance to think about it.

I'm glad I lived such a full life before I settled down into a family because I got to enjoy it and get it out of my system.

The age of celebrity editors and monstrous staffing are over.

Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things.

Bad impulse buys make you feel grim, don't they? It's like having consumer Tourette's. I gravitate towards austere foreign-language film DVDs when insecure.

There are no woman composers, never have been and possibly never will be.