I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children.

Potential has a shelf life.

Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women.

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

Vanity is becoming a nuisance, I can see why women give it up, eventually. But I'm not ready for that yet.

It isn't chic for women to be drunk. Men drunks are more excusable, more easily absolved, but why? It must be thought they have better reasons.

I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I am afraid of hearing voices, or a voice. I have come to the edge, of the land. I could get pushed over.

This is what I miss, Cordelia: not something that’s gone, but something that will never happen. Two old women giggling over their tea.

In my dreams of this city I am always lost.

There is never only one, of anyone

Last night I felt the approach of nothing. Not too close but on its way, like a wingbeat, like the cooling of the wind, the slight initial tug of an undertow.

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.

If it weren't for a new rule that came into being, we'd have played three years in a row in the championship game.

America has become politically and culturally agnostic, and the Christian faith in the minds of many has come to represent intolerance.

A non-Communist premier with Communist ministers would be like a woman trying to stay half pregnant.

The world is hungry to hear the truth. ... We have it. Are we equal to the task-to the responsibility God has placed upon us?

Spend time alone in areas of low population density, where you can feel the stillness. Go out into the desert or up into the mountains or to the ocean where there aren't too many people.

There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.

You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

If you're poor, potato chips are the food of life for you. It's the caviar.